headwork

Example Sentences

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A 4-4-1-1 looks likely, with Van der Vaart stealthily finding space to score – which last season was often created by Peter Crouch's headwork.

From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2011

They know he has made the least of the Government's departments into one of the three greatest, at the same time doing much of the headwork for the rest of the Cabinet during two administrations.

From Time Magazine Archive

All horseplay and no headwork, the gossips sneered, will surely make John a dull picture.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is fond of good living, used to hard headwork; serene, humorous, fair to a fault though a faithful partisan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some will respond to one subject, some to another; some will make poor progress with headwork, but will do excellent handwork.

From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Morley, Edith J.