in front of

Example Sentences

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Wearing a Crean Lutheran hoodie, he bowed his head in front of the whole school, including teammates and coaches, and received a standing ovation.

From Los Angeles Times

Cornwall Council has approved adjustments to the plans for a five-storey building in St Ives, of 12 apartments in front of Talland House, Woolf's childhood holiday home.

From BBC

Speaking to naval officers in front of a nuclear submarine at the Ile Longue base near the port of Brest, he said the number of French nuclear warheads would be increased from their current level of around 300.

From BBC

“This dispersal across Europe, like an archipelago of power, will complicate our adversaries’ calculus,” Macron said while standing in front of a French nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine at France’s Île Longue base off the Brittany coast.

From The Wall Street Journal

“If you were at home, you knew you were pretty safe from the virus itself. Now there’s so much uncertainty. There’s so much fear and anxiety that’s really well-founded. We’ve had kids see people being detained by ICE on their way to school. We’ve had people pulled from their cars in front of their children. It’s really been devastating.”

From Salon