How to Use to and fro in a Sentence

to and fro

adverb
  • The tour sites are close enough to each other to walk or bike to and fro.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2018
  • On the broad path to the port the visitors milled to and fro.
    — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Parents spend a lot of time in the car, schlepping kids to and fro.
    — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Gently swayed you to and fro as its warmth oozed through you like lava.
    — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Staffers in crisp white uniforms and white pointed chef’s caps dart to and fro.
    — Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appetit, 20 June 2018
  • Only the young climb the masts, run to and fro on the gangways, and bail the hold.
    — Richard Gunderman, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
  • No need to pack up the car or transport soggy sleepyheads to and fro.
    — Naveen Kumar, CNN Underscored, 29 June 2020
  • Mail carriers in fuzzy hats and crisp polyester shorts scurried to and fro.
    — Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Attention is very much being paid on the daily trips to and fro.
    — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2022
  • The streets, the markets, every square foot of open space is crammed with people bustling to and fro.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The three swung to and fro, depending on the energy of those around them.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • So that’s probably going to be a bottleneck on your trip to and fro.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • The endless slew of press stories to and fro makes little difference to this.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2010
  • Kids are rolling to and fro in every direction, dressed head to toe in protective gear.
    — Bethanie Baynes, refinery29.com, 10 June 2019
  • But transporting the kilogram to and fro risked wear and tear that could compromise its mass.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • Perhaps 50 boats drifted to and fro in the choppy water for around an hour.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Special low-loading trailers carry the parts to and fro across the channel.
    — J. A. Maxtone Graham, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
  • There’s a lot of it, the actors regularly dashing to and fro.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The broad treads hugged the sand, pivoting the robot to and fro at Hyneman’s whim.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Watching the guys dodge and dive to and fro while being bossed around by these hardcore kids was everything.
    — Becca Kufrin, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2018
  • Plunk the tree outside in any region with a breeze and harvest the energy as the fake leaves sway to and fro.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 20 Feb. 2017
  • While bouncing to and fro, one competitor would throw the ball through the hole and the other would have to stop it to save a point.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Guests can book massages, a private chef, and shuttles to and fro for an additional fee.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The four different guys who have already traveled the Triple-A to and fro.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The satanic quality of Anna is her need to move, to and fro in the earth and up and down in it.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Shortly thereafter, the global movie star was seen toting the satchel to and fro, and the rest was history.
    — Vogue, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Both films are in black and white, and both are chronologically restless, dancing to and fro from year to year.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2020
  • For the previous three weeks, he’s been flitting to and fro in preparation for this year’s edition.
    — John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Watch as Tory Burch’s tennis dress comes to life, swishing its pleated skirt to and fro.
    — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Progressed from loafing here and there with scant dollars in my pocket, to swaggering to and fro with a bankroll swelling my sock.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023

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