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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Getty Images Hundreds more watched a live stream of the vigil shown on a huge screen in front of the church.
    CBS News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • On this date, the moon will slide in front of the sun and block it out, creating a total solar eclipse.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2024
  • And in front of our eyes, this convoy was destroyed by artillery.
    Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Anyone who wants to look up at the sun as the moon passes in front of it should invest in a pair of eclipse glasses.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
  • That is until Martinez Rodriguez pulled out a gun and shot Costa, 43, in front of the group.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Smiley notes that 85% of the projects in development don’t have their founder in front of the camera.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
  • She can often be found in front of a screen fangirling about something new.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 12 July 2023
  • The Forum show included all of the hits the band did as part of that 50-minute livestream, which was webcast from a soundstage in front of a small live audience.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2024

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