How to Use the home front in a Sentence

the home front

noun
  • Before that, though, things were a bit hectic on the home front.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 May 2024
  • An issue on the home front may require you to get clever with your resources.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Bread rationing marked the depths of sacrifices on the home front.
    — Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Despite his struggles on the home front, Starmer has been praised for his work on the world stage.
    — Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Despite his struggles on the home front, Starmer has been praised for his work on the world stage.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Also, Americans haven’t had much on the home front to root for.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Tensions surface on the home front with today’s Aries full moon.
    — USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
  • On the home front, plenty of big-ticket items are marked down, like this Casper mattress.
    — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • It’s been a big week on the home front for McCarthy, so there’s a lot going on.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The monument was the first in the nation to honor the work of women on the home front.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Budgets are tight on the home front too and subscription fatigue is hitting folks en masse.
    — Sasha Leigh Henry, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • So if the home front is holding up as well as can be expected, how about the broader war effort?
    — Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Nothing wrong with reaching for the stars, as long as everything’s taken care of on the home front.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Second World War was won on the home front as well as the battlefield.
    — Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Tension on the home front could disturb the peace while the moon aggravates Pluto.
    — USA TODAY, 30 June 2024
  • Trump promised big things, not only on the home front but internationally as well.
    — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Meghan has been embracing summer activities on the home front as well.
    — Toria Sheffield, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • There is a lot of change happening on the home front, encouraging you to remodel parts of your dwelling.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Kim has led the group with discipline, courage, and a sense of duty, all of which were honed in the military as well as on the home front.
    — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • And on the home front, the burden of sorrow, fear and shortages was lifted off the backs of all Americans.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • So get ready for expansive moves either on the home front, family life or in other ways that open up close connections.
    — Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • On the home front, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee almost walks away with the whole film in the course of another phone call.
    — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
  • But first, each Rosie gets a personal tour of the museum, starting in the home front exhibit.
    — Debbie Elliott, NPR, 30 Mar. 2025
  • On the home front, Russians have had to cope with shortages of commodities, and soaring prices and interest rates.
    — Alina Lobzina, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Back on the home front, a jury has ordered Google to pay $425 million in a class action lawsuit.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Biden’s ambition to lead by example is similarly challenged on the home front.
    — Anna Arutunyan, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2021
  • The unit was responsible for delivering mail from the home front to the troops fighting in Europe.
    — Time, 1 Aug. 2023
  • On the home front, workers and families are forced to figure out childcare solutions, which is very expensive.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Venus will be slipping into Sagittarius on the same day, which can help alleviate tensions on the home front.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
  • This could stir memories of family dynamics or evoke a desire for safety and belonging on the home front.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026

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