How to Use face-to-face in a Sentence
face-to-face
adverb or adjective-
Sadler sat face-to-face with the masked man, who shot once into the car.
— Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024 -
Now, face-to-face with Travis Kelce, the idea seemed less brilliant.
— Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024 -
This is the first face-to-face meeting between Austin and Dong.
— Emily Feng, NPR, 31 May 2024 -
He’s also been able to chat face-to-face with some of the biggest names in film.
— Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023 -
The fear that maybe she’s come face-to-face with a deadly predator.
— Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024 -
The dog had heard something in the backyard, but soon came face-to-face with two coyotes.
— Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 31 May 2023 -
Riders sit face-to-face in each ax, which swing in 360-degree loops.
— Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023 -
From the sand, beachgoers can look up and be face-to-face with red and orange cliffs.
— Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023 -
The two leaders last met face-to-face a year ago in Bali, Indonesia.
— Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2023 -
Baker still likes to watch over the baby, whether on the monitor or face-to-face.
— Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024 -
Badolato had traveled to Portland for the two to talk face-to-face about how the program might work.
— Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024 -
Biden, 81, left the event within two hours and never came face-to-face with the protestors.
— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024 -
Fans will buy tickets to see Messi and Ronaldo face-to-face once more.
— Rory Smith, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023 -
But will name recognition and his face-to-face charm offensive boost him in the polls?
— Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2023 -
Even the ending, when Puss and the Wolf are face-to-face, that was inspired by ‘Sanjuro,’ one of the last moments that ends in a standoff.
— Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023 -
The point of diplomacy This isn’t to say that diplomacy and face-to-face talks are pointless.
— Michael Beckley, The Conversation, 17 Nov. 2023 -
There were some people in the front office also pushing for the face-to-face meeting.
— Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2023 -
Get face-to-face with your partner, either lying down side by side or with one of you on top of the other.
— Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2024 -
Like preferring to speak face-to-face over video-calling.
— Daisy Jones, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2023 -
Businesses are ready for those face-to-face meetings once again.
— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2023 -
Vico is more used to face-to-face battling than the structured dance that’s easier to score.
— Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023 -
Thai Kitchen has become one of the few remaining spaces in the city where people can play video games face-to-face.
— Dev Hardikar, Anchorage Daily News, 30 July 2023 -
The two leaders signed a diplomatic and defense pact on their last face-to-face meeting in June.
— Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024 -
In one scene, a flummoxed Gosling winds up face-to-face with Blunt, who’s pressuring him for answers.
— Meredith Woerner, Variety, 4 May 2024 -
Fire people the old fashioned way (face-to-face or voice-to-voice, with care and humility).
— Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023 -
The warring generals have reportedly not met face-to-face since the start of the conflict in April.
— Emma Ogao, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2024 -
Once the proposal has been accepted, production arranges for the pair to meet face-to-face for the first time.
— Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024 -
His face-to-face audience was the first since the monarch revealed that he had been diagnosed with cancer.
— Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024 -
The next step is to introduce them face-to-face, always under your supervision.
— Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024 -
To interject what the two of them can’t say to each other face-to-face, Lacuesta and co-writer Fernando Navarro introduce voiceover narration from the first few frames.
— Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
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