How to Use front to back in a Sentence
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From front to back, there is not a sharp edge in sight.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
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But there’s not enough room front to back, so many of the chairs are right up against the next desk behind.
—Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2020
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When done, pull it off, front to back, and your hair will still be perfect.
—Sacramento Bee, 9 Nov. 2013
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So, the defense — from front to back — hasn’t been nearly good enough.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022
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At each show the bands will perform both albums front to back.
—Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
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The flume tank had two nozzles that each pushed a mild plume of water from front to back.
—Danielle L. Dixson, Scientific American, 1 June 2017
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En route from front to back, diners pass a semi-open kitchen and a whirl of cooks.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
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Shift the pans from top to bottom and front to back halfway through baking.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2020
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Crowds surged to the main stage, pressing in not from front to back, but from the sides, according to Chief Peña.
—New York Times, 7 Nov. 2021
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Only in this case, the reduction is front to back rather than side to side.
—James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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The flow of air in a plane cabin goes from top to bottom, not from front to back or vice versa.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2023
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The design is a white shell with the school's mascot on either side and a red stripe running from front to back.
—Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2024
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Over large swells in the road, the Spectre can be slightly too floaty front to back, but body roll is well controlled.
—Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 3 July 2023
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Other cultures view time as moving right to left, front to back, or back to front.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2023
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Bake for 30 minutes, reversing the sheets front to back and top to bottom at the halfway point.
—Jacalyn Carfagno, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
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Young girls should be taught to wipe front to back during potty training.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 Feb. 2021
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The all-wheel-drive system shuffles torque from front to back quicker than David Blaine handles a deck of cards.
—David Beard, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2022
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And that's the entire application stack, front to back.
—Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 26 July 2023
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Two burner tubes run front to back, and a third connects them to keep heat rising toward the warming rack at the rear.
—Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2023
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Apply glue to one face of each cleat and then position them so that each is 3 inches from the ends of the lid and centered front to back.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2023
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Bake, one sheet at a time, for 9 to 11 minutes, rotating from front to back halfway through.
—Nasim Lahbichi, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
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Good Company bakes their own bread, in a space across the back breezeway, so the flavors and textures are vivid from front to back.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 25 July 2023
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In its place is a MacBook Air with a completely new design that’s the same thickness from front to back.
—Brandon Widder, The Verge, 3 May 2023
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But this was next level, shoulder to shoulder, front to back, just shimming along on those streets.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
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Midway through, reverse the baking sheets: both top to bottom, and front to back; this will help the crackers brown evenly.
—Beth Segal, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2021
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Most airlines use something called block boarding, which means boarding front to back or back to front.
—Harry Enten, CNN, 9 July 2022
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Redan greens are typically narrow and angled away from the tee, with the putting surface sloped from front to back.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023
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This is because the air in a plane’s cabin primarily flows from ceiling to floor, not front to back.
—Zoe Malin, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2021
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Start with one to two minutes, going side to side, front to back, and in circles, to improve your balance and ankle strength.
—Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 17 June 2019
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Featuring 24k-gold and nickel-plated finishes on the head, blade arm, and hook, these baits shine in the water from front to back.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 23 May 2024
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