How to Use home front in a Sentence

home front

noun
  • The death of earmarks that, for so many years, fueled projects on the home front.
    — Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Those not in uniform were asked to make sacrifices here on the home front.
    — Steve Bowersox, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Rather, that struggle continues to play out on the home front as well.
    — Abdul El-Sayed, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2022
  • This was the sonic equivalent of that new type of wartime movie, the home front film.
    — Christian Blauvelt, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2021
  • This was a home front, in other words, that was quite used to images of flag-raisings.
    — Matthew Pressman, Time, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Still, these last two months the forum seems to be littered with petty news from the home front.
    — Rachel Levin, SFChronicle.com, 3 June 2020
  • The soccer frenzy has allowed Putin to get things done on the home front.
    — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 1 July 2018
  • Things are getting shaken up on your home front at the moment, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • In this case to defend the home front at the start of the second World War.
    — Kim Sajet, Smithsonian, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Things have been good on the home front, too, where Busch is learning at long last to be a father of two.
    — Dave Skretta, Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2022
  • The urge to find something to liven up the home front is all too understandable these days.
    — Vogue, 29 May 2021
  • The war metaphor also shows the need for everyone to mobilize and do their part on the home front.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Use your head to overcome any minor controversy on the home front.
    — oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The broader picture augurs well for the Israeli home front.
    — Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Now back on an island that looks like a bomb has hit, these old soldiers will face another battle, this time on the home front.
    — David Gonzalez, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2017
  • American global defense relies on a strong home front.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
  • Even with the latest positive news on the home front, economists are cautious.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 8 July 2020
  • The Bay Area’s main contribution to the home front was shipyards.
    — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Young men and women left home to serve in the military while those on the home front pulled together to help in the war effort.
    — courant.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • On the home front, Truman’s dream of achieving universal health care languished as well.
    — Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Willow Run — the bomber plant, airfield and village — were key components of the home front.
    — Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Because of the military service that happens here, the home front command is run by a lot of women.
    — Claire Suddath, Bloomberg.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • And on the home front, his partner of seven years, Brooke Delaney, is pregnant with their first child.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 21 July 2019
  • But the historian’s focus is on the home front, and its lessons are shockingly urgent.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The veterans shared both their experiences on the battlefield and the home front.
    — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2021
  • These were the battles Black soldiers and their families fought on the home front even when bullets weren’t flying.
    — Jemar Tisby, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022
  • While Herakles contends with his inner war, his family faces the trials of the home front.
    — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
  • In letters from the battlefield and home front, individuals spelled out the real costs of war.
    — Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Though the home fronts Cherry Street and the garage faces Olive Street, the rear of the home sits near the back of the garage.
    — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 8 May 2018
  • On the home front, the department has launched a program to help promote Colorado hemp production.
    — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2019

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