Example Sentences

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Sir Elton John and Sir Michael Caine have fronted a humorous new NHS advert encouraging people to get a Covid-19 vaccine.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2021

Or you could have fronted the budget for the 2016 Angry Birds movie.

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2019

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Walcott have fronted up after recent losses and given forthright opinions, while promising a “response.”

From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2017

By the time he went to the University of Texas at Dallas, on a full academic scholarship, he was 6-foot-2, a lean, good-looking guy who could have fronted an indie rock band.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2014

A commander determined to risk everything would, it seems, have fronted Lee boldly, with a line running north and south, east of Chancellorsville.

From A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by Cooke, John Esten