How to Use in front in a Sentence
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Sit upright on the floor with the legs stretched out in front of you.
— Isadora Baum, Men's Health, 24 July 2023 -
One of the photos shows Jennie (but not you) in front of the moon.
— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023 -
Haider, of course, would rather die than speak up in front of his dad.
— Hazlitt, 11 Sep. 2024 -
The car's front and rear tracks are also wider (about 0.2 inch in front and 0.9 inch in back).
— Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 25 May 2023 -
James had a chance to tie at the buzzer, but his three-point shot in front of the Dallas bench hit the front of the rim.
— Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023 -
From a gnarly lie in the rough, his third shot from 116 yards found the barranca in front of the green.
— Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023 -
How long can you be parked in front of someone’s house?
— Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2024 -
Two Ladies Kitchen is open and there’s a parking stall right in front.
— Bon Appétit, 18 Oct. 2024 -
But Nacua came back and caught a pass in front of the Browns’ bench, landing hard on his side.
— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023 -
In it, he’s shown in front of the home with his second wife, Marguerite.
— Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 16 May 2023 -
With the home team homer show in full swing, that’s enough to keep the Astros chasing and the Rangers out in front of the pack.
— Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2023 -
The empty chair with his name tag in front of it spoke volumes.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023 -
Honestly, my mom had me in the library more than in front of the TV.
— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Brady Ebel reached base when a pop fly in front of home plate dropped for a single.
— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024 -
The thieves placed Dundee’s medication, which was on the floorboard in front of the crate, in the glove box.
— Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024 -
Eby wasn’t done, clubbing a three-run shot in the third inning to put the Bombardiers in front.
— Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023 -
He is set to do a concert in front of the pyramids of Giza in Egypt this Friday; the event will be livestreamed.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2023 -
Place your document in front of the webcam and line it up on the screen.
— Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023 -
Talk to me about the decision to shoot in front of a live audience.
— Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024 -
The only difference is, with TLC, the cameras are in front of you.
— Liza Esquibias, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024 -
The latecomer leaned forward and rested his head and his hands on the pew in front of him.
— Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024 -
The birthday boy is then shown smiling in front of a slice of cake with a candle perched on top.
— Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023 -
On the wall-sized screen in front of me, a bubble or two drifts upward through the blue, and light filters in from above.
— WIRED, 15 June 2023 -
Hernández was less pugilistic in front of the canvassers.
— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024 -
Lift your hands off the ground, then extend your arms straight out in front of you, squeezing your back at the top of the movement.
— Brett Williams, Men's Health, 20 Apr. 2023 -
Now, not just my face but my entire Asian-ness was in front of people live.
— Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 -
The two go to trial, in front of the Jury of the Damned, to determine who truly owns Homer’s soul.
— Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024 -
My three-year-old is still standing in front of me with the paper, his face bright and hopeful.
— Cesca Major, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2023 -
On an inhale, reverse the movement and bring the dumbbell back down in front of right thigh.
— Megan Falk, Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Everyone here, from in front of and behind the camera, is discovering life in real time.
— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
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