How to Use front-end in a Sentence

front-end

1 of 2 adjective
  • The Heat is 6-4 on the front-end of back-to-backs and 5-4 on the back-end of those back-to-backs.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The Heat is 6-3 on the front-end of back-to-backs and 4-4 on the back-end of those back-to-backs.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Due to the crash, the truck should have front-end damage.
    — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The Cubs could use a front-end starter and maybe also a back-end arm to shore up this staff.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 28 July 2025
  • The men jumped into a white SUV with front-end damage and ran off.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This deal gets you the base model that records the front-end view of your car, and it's been on sale for a couple of weeks.
    — Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 3 June 2025
  • The Tahoe had front-end damage and a missing bumper, police said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The truck had major front-end damage and three flat tires, two of which had been worn down to the metal wheel rims.
    — Tom Davies, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
  • Brad Pitt has some advice for actors on the front-end of their career.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 2 July 2025
  • The guild is seeking more compensation on the front-end of deals.
    — Jack Coyle, Fortune, 2 May 2023
  • Crews also found a large debris field that contained the front-end bell of the pressure hull.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
  • Her car was later found at her home with front-end damage.
    — Alexandra Koch, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The first can be thought of as the front-end, or how a victim is lured to sign off on transactions that drain their wallet.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 1 Mar. 2023
  • To be worthy of the Xbox brand, Microsoft needs to design a front-end that is built from the ground up for handheld use case.
    — Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Along with this, the steering, front-end grip, and braking all get uprated.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Both the coupe and convertible add canards to the front bumper, which are meant to balance front-end lift at higher speeds.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The robot sub also found a large debris field that included the front-end bell of the pressure hull.
    — Alexandra E. Petri Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 23 June 2023
  • The car had extensive front-end damage and both airbags had deployed.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
  • The car did not move, however, due to the extensive front-end damage.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
  • The textured panel below the front-end styling and the vents on either side are highly pronounced.
    — PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025
  • In the more recent age of winglets and wind tunnels, aero profiles have evolved to cut drag and put more of a focus on front-end downforce.
    — Joe Salas may 25, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
  • Dauberman said a front-end loader had to be used to scoop up the piles of hot dogs on the road and drop them into a dump truck in order to clear the highway.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The vehicle involved in the crash may have front-end damage, police said.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The trooper who responded to the scene arrived to find Campbell’s car with front-end damage.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Cole is going to be tough to replace, but a player like Cease could give the Yankees a reliable front-end starter.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
  • But Faraday Future did add a few fresh bits to it – including that new front-end, along with 20-inch alloy wheels and a black trim.
    — New Atlas, 21 July 2025
  • An example of this in action was our approach to front-end unit testing.
    — Tracy Kemp, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Turner was driving a black, four-door Toyota sedan with front-end damage.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Is that back-end starting pitching, is that front-end starting pitching?
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
  • This is where the other significant changes comes into play, most of which are in the processor front-end.
    — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 24 July 2024

front end

2 of 2 noun
  • The front end of the car cleared 3 feet with room to spare.
    — Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The Warhawks’ point guard missed the front end of a 1-and-1, and Mitchell grabbed the rebound.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 16 Feb. 2020
  • The front end of the SUV was destroyed and the airbags deployed.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The money on the front end is worth the headache that could come on the back end.
    — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • And the front end of his car would wash out, hit the end of my car and spin me.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Evans and Holder each missed the front ends of 1-and-1s.
    — Doug Haller, azcentral, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The front ends of the cars are secured in the dirt, sending the trunks straight up in the air.
    — Becky Jacobs, Post-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2017
  • With 10 seconds left, the Dons’ Josh Kunen missed the front end of a 1-and-1.
    — Steve Kroner, SFChronicle.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Its grill was missing, and the front end had been wrecked.
    — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The front end of the Mercedes crashed into the driver’s side of the truck.
    — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The car wound up stuck with its front end inside the store.
    — Ian Cummings, kansascity, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Tapping a button sets the front end of the bike alight.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 29 June 2018
  • Her front end had made it through, but the widest part of her shell got wedged in.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Missouri also missed the front end of a one-and-one at the 3:03 mark.
    — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 9 Mar. 2025
  • There are two parts to the building: the front end is a bakery shop and the back is a kitchen.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Its front end was smashed and its airbags deployed in the crash.
    — Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The vehicle spun around and hit the front end of the squad, which was stopped at the red light.
    — Jenny Berg, Star Tribune, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Frank had even sunk about $5,000 to get the car running again and fix a ding on the front end.
    — A.j. Baime, WSJ, 4 June 2022
  • The front end of the vehicle had damage to the bumper, hood and grill.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 19 June 2018
  • Mark a 20-degree cut on the front end of each rear-leg blank.
    — David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2020
  • Hunter missed the front end of a 1-and-1 to set up Epps' tying free throws.
    — Larry Fleisher, Chron, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The charred, wrecked plane's front end was ripped apart and crumbled.
    — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2018
  • There’s a ski attachment that goes at the front end in place of the wheel.
    — New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Still, from my first glimpse of the truck’s front end I was smitten.
    — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
  • To me, that's a presence on the front end, but more of the willingness to pitch the game.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Johnny Juzang made the front end of a one-and-one but missed the second.
    — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Manny Bates missed the front end of a 1-and-1 and Jack Clark drained a 3, ending the threat.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2022
  • But Kentucky missed the technical free throw and the front end of the one-and-one.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022
  • What about the risk for President Trump in giving Putin this reward on the front end?
    — NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The on-off power, exacerbated by lots of mass in the rear and a light front end, make oversteer a reality.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025

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