Examples of home front in a Sentence
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Hoover lived up to the hype: Alfred Hitchcock’s Saboteur (1942) notwithstanding, no major act of home front sabotage occurred on his watch.
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
This historical novel by the pseudonymous Claire North is about the Ithaca home front where everyone waits the intolerably long 10 or 17 years, take your pick, for Odysseus to return from Troy to his wife Penelope, and his primary day job as monarch of the western island.
—Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
Yet now, as his mercenaries struggle to complete a takeover of the eastern city of Bakhmut, Mr. Prigozhin is increasingly turning his attention to Russia’s home front, in what analysts see as attempts to secure a political offramp from the debilitating struggle on the battlefield.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
The goal of the project is to unearth personal stories from the battlefield and home front, using information included in federal pension applications from Revolutionary War veterans and their widows, according to the National Park Service.
—Carly Breland, CNN, 30 July 2023
There were no home front deprivations.
—Bonnie Kristian, The Week, 15 Dec. 2021
By fortifying the 'home front,' our economic assistance is helping make possible Ukraine's stalwart frontline defense against Russia.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2023
Wife Janelle could pull unapologetically long hours at the office knowing that Christine, a stay-at-home mom, was managing the home front.
—Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
But even without Starlink, the pull to be connected to home and to family — especially in such a brutal conflict, where even the home front is targeted by Russian missile strikes — is sometimes too powerful for Ukrainian troops to resist.
—Yousur Al-Hlou, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2023
Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
This historical novel by the pseudonymous Claire North is about the Ithaca home front where everyone waits the intolerably long 10 or 17 years, take your pick, for Odysseus to return from Troy to his wife Penelope, and his primary day job as monarch of the western island.
—Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
Yet now, as his mercenaries struggle to complete a takeover of the eastern city of Bakhmut, Mr. Prigozhin is increasingly turning his attention to Russia’s home front, in what analysts see as attempts to secure a political offramp from the debilitating struggle on the battlefield.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
The goal of the project is to unearth personal stories from the battlefield and home front, using information included in federal pension applications from Revolutionary War veterans and their widows, according to the National Park Service.
—Carly Breland, CNN, 30 July 2023
There were no home front deprivations.
—Bonnie Kristian, The Week, 15 Dec. 2021
By fortifying the 'home front,' our economic assistance is helping make possible Ukraine's stalwart frontline defense against Russia.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2023
Wife Janelle could pull unapologetically long hours at the office knowing that Christine, a stay-at-home mom, was managing the home front.
—Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
But even without Starlink, the pull to be connected to home and to family — especially in such a brutal conflict, where even the home front is targeted by Russian missile strikes — is sometimes too powerful for Ukrainian troops to resist.
—Yousur Al-Hlou, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above
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“Home front.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20front. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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