front room

noun

Examples of front room in a Sentence

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Ibsen’s play takes place in George and Hedda’s front room over a two-day period, and the only nighttime debauchery happens offstage at one of Judge Brack’s bachelor parties, which spirals out of control when Lovborg gets into a fight at a brothel and loses his manuscript on the walk back to town. Rory Doherty, Time, 29 Oct. 2025 My mother’d be running in from the front room trying to keep us from fighting with each other. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025 Black Apple Comedy Night marks 300th show, eight years of laughs in Springdale As the sun sets every Thursday, the front room of Black Apple Cider in Springdale transforms. Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2025 Far more than paintings by any of us in the front room who had thought of Andy as the backroom embarrassment, as our nightly inconvenience. Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for front room

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of front room was in 1827

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“Front room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20room. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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