How to Use front to back in a Sentence

front to back

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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
  • When done, pull it off, front to back, and your hair will still be perfect.
    Sacramento Bee, 9 Nov. 2013
  • So, the defense — from front to back — hasn’t been nearly good enough.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022
  • At each show the bands will perform both albums front to back.
    Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • En route from front to back, diners pass a semi-open kitchen and a whirl of cooks.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Shift the pans from top to bottom and front to back halfway through baking.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • Only in this case, the reduction is front to back rather than side to side.
    James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • Other cultures view time as moving right to left, front to back, or back to front.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2023
  • Young girls should be taught to wipe front to back during potty training.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • And that's the entire application stack, front to back.
    Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 26 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • But this was next level, shoulder to shoulder, front to back, just shimming along on those streets.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Most airlines use something called block boarding, which means boarding front to back or back to front.
    Harry Enten, CNN, 9 July 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The RockaRoo is a baby rocker with front to back gliding motion.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The Padres, with better overall pitching front to back, were constructed for the playoffs.
    Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Most in-line skates typically feature four wheels lined up front to back and a break behind the back wheel, and the upper boot of the skate fits snugly.
    Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 3 Apr. 2022
  • This bicorne had traditionally been worn with the wings front to back.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2023

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