How to Use frontal in a Sentence

frontal

1 of 2 noun
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  • Through tonight: The stubborn frontal clouds are out of here.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Though Bee is the public face of Full Frontal, the show wouldn't go on without Miller.
    — Lorraine Berry, Marie Claire, 10 May 2017
  • The Bone and Arrow Make bonding meet bondage with this full-frontal pose.
    — Aurora Tower, Cosmopolitan, 10 Jan. 2017
  • Swap your disposable head ties for a satin sash to lay your edges and lace frontals.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The disease afflicts about 5,000 patients in the United States and causes rapid nerve cell loss in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • The disturbance that brought a round of showers to the area Friday evening has moved well to the east, pushing a frontal boundary south, to the Ohio Valley.
    — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • But never fear: The former Mouseketeer has not gone full-frontal Bon Iver.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Once openings appeared that were large enough to move a soldier through, the main frontal assault could begin.
    — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019
  • Once openings appeared that were large enough to move a soldier through, the main frontal assault could begin.
    — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2017
  • A weak frontal boundary moving in from the north took its time passing through the area, which led to several hours of mostly cloudy skies.
    — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 3 June 2017
  • The month’s weather was marked by a persistent pattern in which frontal boundaries remained draped over the region.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 1 June 2018
  • Viewed from the side, Washington’s Roman nose seems larger than in the frontal poses in the familiar paintings.
    — Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 9 June 2018
  • The slight remains of the weak frontal system pushed south Thursday morning dropping some showers on the Salem/Albany areas.
    — OregonLive.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • They were found in ocean frontal zones, which act as the boundaries between different water masses.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 30 July 2019
  • The online site offers bundles, meaning the hair is on a weft that can either be used for a sew-in weave or a wig, in addition to lace closures and frontals.
    — Lara Adekola, Allure, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Kim posts a full-frontal pic wearing nothing but controversial cornrows, a luxe fur coat, and a teeny tiny thong.
    — Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, 19 July 2018
  • Humidity is running high as well, with dew points stuck in the low 60s until the aforementioned frontal passage.
    — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Payoffs include a viewing deck built on an extended outcrop for full frontal of 410-foot falls, with side trip to brink of falls (fenced for safety).
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2018
  • But in modern humans, the frontal lobes of the brain have expanded toward the back and sides, creating structures called the frontal opercula.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 14 May 2018
  • Well south of Interstate 80 will be a nearly stationary west-east frontal boundary.
    — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2018
  • The damage the disease is doing is to his frontal cortex, where cognition and intellect resides.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 17 May 2018
  • This was not meant to be a battle of ideas, but a direct frontal attack focused on the hypocrisy and venality of the leaders of Washington and Hollywood.
    — Ken Stern, The Hive, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The network of neurons that broadcast these messages is hypothesized to be located in the frontal and parietal lobes.
    — Christof Koch, Scientific American, 8 May 2018
  • Dolin is also seen in a number of nude poses, far from full frontal, but startlingly self-dramatizing.
    — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Forecasters said a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped over the area is expected to dissipate over the next few days.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 25 July 2019
  • This requires continual contraction of your frontal core muscles (mainly, your abs) as well as the muscles in your mid and lower back.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Photos posted by passengers online showed the outer of the two engines under the right wing with extensive damage, and the entire frontal ring of the cowling missing.
    — Mark Deen, Bloomberg.com, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Cortical folding appears to decrease with age across large swaths of the frontal, parietal and occipital lobes in both young people with autism and controls.
    — Rachel Zamzow, Scientific American, 9 July 2018
  • My towel, a security blankie at first, is quickly discarded in favor of full-frontal.
    — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 19 Jan. 2018
  • When a frontal assault fails, a parasite may take an indirect route to send its own self-serving chemical signals into a brain.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 23 Sep. 2019
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frontal

2 of 2 adjective
  • It was believed to be the first full-frontal nude printed in the pages of The New York Times.
    — New York Times, 24 June 2022
  • The fact-checker of the brain sits in the frontal cortex, behind the forehead.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Or any sort of French speaker would be more pursed and the lips would be more frontal.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2022
  • This frontal passage will bring a low chance of rain east of Dallas-Fort Worth.
    — Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2023
  • This frontal boundary will stall to the south and east of North Texas leading to low rain chances on Monday.
    — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Much of the Tony Award-winning piece is set in a locker room, and the actors go full-frontal during a shower scene.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 12 May 2022
  • Most people are losing their ability to move on the frontal plane.
    — Roger Lockridge, Men's Health, 30 May 2022
  • The double-axle trailers measured 24 feet in length, with frontal areas of 60 square feet.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The behavioral variant, which is linked to changes in the frontal and temporal lobes, is the most common.
    — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The new standard will mirror the requirements for a child's car seat in 30-mph frontal-impact crash.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 22 June 2022
  • By the 7-minute mark, McDonald and Foley are full-frontal naked and hopping up and down in a sketch about a bank robbery.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 13 May 2022
  • As a frontal boundary moves through, a late-night breeze from the west and northwest starts to bring in drier and cooler air with lows dropping to the 50s.
    — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Sagittal, frontal, and even a little bit of transverse—this workout has it all.
    — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 26 Oct. 2022
  • By Friday, a frontal boundary will provide the area with a 20% chance of thunderstorms.
    — Dallas News, 26 July 2022
  • Rain chances are set to increase from east to west across the area this evening as deeper moisture moves in from the Gulf and a weak frontal boundary moves in from the NE.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 27 June 2022
  • There is room, of course, for offense, and not merely over some full-frontal nudity from men around 60.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022
  • By Wednesday, the frontal boundary causing this will impact the Midwest.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • On Wednesday, things are a little less predictable because of a frontal boundary that will be draped across the area, Frey said.
    — Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Lateral shuffling works the frontal plane of movement, going side to side.
    — Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 4 Aug. 2022
  • It’s no longer a shock, or even much of a surprise, to see full-frontal male nudity in a reckless youth comedy.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The Pam & Tommy moment arrives amid a wave of films and TV shows that feature male full-frontal nudity.
    — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Lateral shoulder raises are a movement in the frontal plane.
    — David Otey, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
  • There will be a frontal system approaching from the west, and the squeeze play between the front and high pressure over the Atlantic can mean the weather will not be perfect.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
  • The dew point will be in the low to mid-60s during the morning, but should drop behind the frontal passage during the late afternoon and especially in the evening.
    — Hartford Courant, 27 May 2022
  • The holder also has a frontal slip pocket for storing the earplugs and eye mask that are included with the travel pillow.
    — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Limited mobility in your frontal plane, which allows your foot to move from side to side, can cause pain in your knees on the hill.
    — Anna Fiorentino, Outside Online, 8 Feb. 2022
  • The Gulf Coast states could also see flash flooding, as an area of low pressure off the coast and a frontal boundary interact and enhance the chance for heavy rain.
    — Janice Dean, Fox News, 14 July 2022
  • On Wednesday, an initial frontal system will bring maybe 1 to 2 inches of rain across the area, with slightly higher amounts in the mountains, Sweet said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Are the Ravens, with so many of their most important defenders playing through injuries, primed to stand up to such a frontal assault?
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The frontal cortex is one of the regions that expanded the most during human evolution.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2023

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