How to Use facing in a Sentence

facing

noun

• The Sox tied the game in the third on a 447-foot homer by Turner that hit the facing of the third deck in left field.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
• The new facing will have varying heights up to 35 feet, Rosen said.
  — John Sowell, idahostatesman, 31 Oct. 2017
• His number will be displayed on the facing of the club level between Monte Irvin’s 20 and Willie Mays’ 24.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2022
• Gregorius connected in the fifth, launching one off the video board on the facing of the second deck in right.
  — Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
• Josh Reddick homered off the facing of the right field second deck a pitch after Springer's first homer.
  — Ronald Blum, courant.com, 15 May 2017
• Soft-fabric sheers, with translucent facings and rotatable vanes, screen the space from the street.
  — Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
• On a computer, to the right of the icon in the lower right that looks like a paper airplane, click the downward facing arrow.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023
• Correa, who had three hits and three RBIs, got the Astros going in the first inning with a shot that slammed off the facing of the second deck in left field.
  — Ap, USA TODAY, 31 May 2017
• Moore sent a towering drive that peaked at 119 feet before smacking off the facing of the second deck in left.
  — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 June 2017
• Note that your right heel should be lined up with middle of left inner arch, torso facing left side, and arms at sides.
  — Madeline Howard, Women's Health, 23 Feb. 2023
• Kepler’s shot off the facing of the second deck in right was estimated at 422 feet.
  — Mike Berardino, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2017
• Right after the explosion, one of the officers is shown running around to the other side of the house, where the entire facing was blown out.
  — Liam Quinn, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
• The south-facing, two-acre home sites sit on a hillside bench overlooking a meadow and the river valley.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 26 May 2017
• In other words, the aluminum facings fall off, leaving the flammable plastic core exposed.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2017
• Semmelhack reasons that looping the laces over the facing — that’s the two flaps that come together over the tongue — could push the laces into the soft leather, marring it.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
• One on our terms, and with a stance that is declarative and increasingly front-facing.
  — Melissa Magsaysay, ELLE, 16 Mar. 2023
• As the game went on, Arizona became more comfortable facing — and succeeding against — the Huskies’ zone.
  — Bruce Pascoe, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2023
• The pop star has released her first music video from her new album, Midnights, which features Swift facing...
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2022
• At Bostwick's grave, Cordelia uses a mallet to break apart the facing of her father's monument.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2023
• Soon after, a third man approached, and Bailey struck him in the facing, knocking him unconscious.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2022
• Two nights after the facing Toronto, the Blazers opened the second quarter against the Utah Jazz by missing five straight shots and committing six turnovers.
  — Mike Richman, OregonLive.com, 4 Nov. 2017
• There are real cowhide rugs scattered throughout the property, black hardwood chevrons on the facing of the front desk and dark, wide-plank wood flooring in the restaurants and guestrooms.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Feb. 2021
• The efforts are broader and more public-facing than in past years as fears grow over the potential for violent clashes in cities across the United States.
  — Michael Balsamo, Star Tribune, 8 Oct. 2020
• That goal is to ensure that Ukraine is no longer an independent country able to make its choice to be European and westward-facing.
  — James Nixey, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022
• The lackluster result shows that for all of its postcrisis changes—dialing down risk, adding consumer-facing...
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2017
• To help both sides adhere to the rules, all ballparks will be equipped with five timers — one on each side of the batters’ eye in center field, one near each on-deck circle and one on the facing of the second deck directly behind home plate.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
• To boost Evofem’s sales, Pelletier chose to go big and consumer-facing—with a cheeky, aggressive marketing campaign.
  — Maria Aspan, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
• Classes were held at 7 and 8 a.m., and the goats mostly wandered about and nibbled on corn while their human counterparts performed poses such as downward facing dog.
  — Lee Williams, star-telegram.com, 3 June 2017
• The biggest misconception of first floor apartments is lack of light, however, this home is southern facing and natural light does pour through.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 12 July 2023
• Though, Camilla Nickerson, the sittings editor of the shoot, took some creative liberties and put Chisholm into the tank top backward so that the silver G buckles were front-facing.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 10 June 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024