counting heads

Example Sentences

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"Babies?" he continued and walked around the group counting heads.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

At the burning home, the Station 106 captain heard the warble tone and looked around for his crew, counting heads, making sure everyone was safe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022

Whips are responsible for counting heads and rounding up party members for votes and quorum calls, and they occasionally stand in for the majority or minority leaders in their absence.

From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2018

The driver we booked to take us to Heathrow politely ignored us lining up outside his van and counting heads; we ran through the airport when we were two hours early.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2018

So from a bag of pennies borrowed from the bank, we weighed out samples containing two hundred, and for an evening we were busy counting heads and tails in these.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius