Collocations for headline - noun
1. title of an article in a newspaper
ADJECTIVE
newspaper,
tabloid
‘Carnage at Airport!’ screamed the tabloid headline.
‘Carnage at Airport!’ screamed the tabloid headline.
banner,
front-page
lurid (esp. BrE), screaming, sensational
lurid headlines about the sex lives of the stars
lurid (esp. BrE), screaming, sensational
lurid headlines about the sex lives of the stars
sporting (BrE),
sports
VERB + headline
carry,
have,
run
The paper carried the front-page headline ‘Drugs Company Shamed’.
The paper carried the front-page headline ‘Drugs Company Shamed’.
read,
scan,
see
I just had time to scan the headlines before leaving for work.
I just had time to scan the headlines before leaving for work.
be in,
capture,
dominate,
generate,
get,
grab,
hit,
hog (esp. BrE),
make headlines
She's always in the headlines.
He always manages to grab the headlines.
The hospital hit the headlines when a number of suspicious deaths occurred.
The story has been hogging the headlines for weeks.
The story was important enough to make the headlines.
She's always in the headlines.
He always manages to grab the headlines.
The hospital hit the headlines when a number of suspicious deaths occurred.
The story has been hogging the headlines for weeks.
The story was important enough to make the headlines.
write
Journalists don't usually write the headlines for their stories.
Journalists don't usually write the headlines for their stories.
headline + VERB
announce sth,
blare sth (esp. AmE),
declare sth,
proclaim sth,
read sth,
say sth,
scream sth
The headline said ‘Star Arrested’.
The headline said ‘Star Arrested’.
PREPOSITION
in a/the headline
The most unusual fact in the story is often used in the headline.
The most unusual fact in the story is often used in the headline.
under a/the headline
The Daily Gazette ran a story under the headline ‘Pope's Last Words’.
The Daily Gazette ran a story under the headline ‘Pope's Last Words’.
with a/the headline
a story in the newspaper with the headline ‘Woman Gives Birth on Train’
a story in the newspaper with the headline ‘Woman Gives Birth on Train’
headline about
There was a banner headline about drugs in schools.
There was a banner headline about drugs in schools.