How to Use fore and aft in a Sentence

fore and aft

adverb
  • Fifty-foot sweeps, fore and aft, are used to guide the craft.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
  • And the bow thrusters fore and aft might help save money on Xanax, too.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 13 Feb. 2020
  • But some ebikes look like heavy, miniature cars, with big wheels and cargo racks fore and aft.
    — Adrienne So, Wired, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Last summer, huge ads appeared fore and aft on city buses for oat milk.
    — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The Zip has a rear propeller to move it fore and aft and side thrusters.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The second-row captain’s chairs slide fore and aft for legroom and tip for third-row access.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2020
  • The Odyssey retains its second-row seats that slide fore and aft as well as side to side.
    — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Construction of the hull started with fore and aft stems fastened to the keel.
    — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • At the same time, officers and men poured down the fore and aft gangways for reunions on the dock.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The rear seat also reclines and has 8 inches of fore and aft travel.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The rear seats that slide fore and aft 6 inches to allow for more people or cargo space.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Nov. 2019
  • The huge lids covering the drivetrain, fore and aft, serve as a giant bundling board.
    — G. Gordon Liddy, Car and Driver, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Flippers fore and aft, shoulders and hips, and proportions of neck and torso were built the same way.
    — Robert Baker, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2019
  • The front passenger’s seat adjusts fore and aft, and for seatback angle, but not for height.
    — cleveland, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Both seats move fore and aft to make more room for third-row passengers or to maximize second-row legroom.
    — Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The five-deck exterior is defined by large fore and aft overhangs and a closed transom.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 14 May 2021
  • Arched doorways at either end of the central lounge lead to passenger quarters fore and aft.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Jim Dines, her owner, who had been roving fore and aft all day, finally had a moment to talk.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • After one or more repetitions, switch the fore and aft positions of your hands to work each side evenly.
    — Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2019
  • For example, go back and forth between narrow and wide hands or the fore and aft positions of staggered hands.
    — Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2019
  • The second-row seats slide fore and aft to offer anywhere from sufficient to indulgent rear-seat legroom.
    — Jared Gall, Car and Driver, 10 Mar. 2020
  • There’s ample wiggle room, with tolerances of 20 cm left to right, and 15 cm fore and aft.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The most obvious addition is the carbon-fiber blade, running fore and aft between the two seats, at neck height.
    — Jeremy Taylor, Robb Report, 26 May 2021
  • The second row is roomy, and the chairs slide fore and aft to apportion legroom between the middle and rearmost seats as needed.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The design calls for two electric motors, fore and aft, totaling more than 600 hp.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017
  • The fore and aft sterns, however, appear to have been destroyed by plowing, and the ship is thought to have once been up 56 feet long.
    — Fox News, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The floors are flat, as a minivan's, should passengers wish to move fore and aft without exiting the vehicle.
    — Steve Spence, Car and Driver, 9 June 2020
  • The power comfort seats recline, slide fore and aft, raise up and lower, and have lumbar and adjustable shoulder support.
    — Emma Jayne Williams, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • There is also a quick-acting center coupling to vary the torque sent fore and aft as well as a limited-slip rear differential.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The ship has two aircraft elevators on the starboard side, fore and aft of the island superstructure.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2022

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