Examples of to-ing and fro-ing in a Sentence
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Then there’s Sarah’s fatigue with hard-to-please customers in her decorator business, seen in repeated to-ing and fro-ing to find the right wall sconce.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023
There was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, but Peter Straughan is a very clever screenwriter, and his first draft was very, very sound.
—Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2022
But there was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing and eventually, some sort of resolution was reached.
—Gary Graff, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2022
There’s some excellent Albee-esque relational to-ing and fro-ing among Roy, Carl and Shannon, the wife Carl brings to Os from Canada.
—Richard Lipez, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2020
Still, all the to-ing and fro-ing in splendid carriages was free for oohing and aahing to anyone who could crowd along the procession route.
—Patt Morrison, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
Monday’s development follows much to-ing and fro-ing between Standard Bank and the South African authorities.
—Renee Bonorchis, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023
There was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, but Peter Straughan is a very clever screenwriter, and his first draft was very, very sound.
—Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2022
But there was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing and eventually, some sort of resolution was reached.
—Gary Graff, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2022
There’s some excellent Albee-esque relational to-ing and fro-ing among Roy, Carl and Shannon, the wife Carl brings to Os from Canada.
—Richard Lipez, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2020
Still, all the to-ing and fro-ing in splendid carriages was free for oohing and aahing to anyone who could crowd along the procession route.
—Patt Morrison, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
Monday’s development follows much to-ing and fro-ing between Standard Bank and the South African authorities.
—Renee Bonorchis, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017
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