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Grammar : Noun

Spell : fruhnt-lahyn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrʌntˌlaɪn

Definition of front line

As in battlefield : noun location of military fights
As in firing line : noun line of battle
As in cutting edge : noun leading position
As in front : noun forward, beginning part of something

Example sentences :

On the 11th, the Battalion had a long, weary march to the front line.
Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst

Close to the front line of spectators, however, there came a check.
Extract from : « The Princess Virginia » by C. N. Williamson

Ralph and Percy were both in the front line, behind the trees.
Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty

The front line was getting it in the neck, which is unfair after dark.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 » by Various

"We're in view from the Boche front line from the top," he said sharply.
Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

This second line was usually as well sited for fire as the front line.
Extract from : « The Old Front Line » by John Masefield

All who serve in the front line at a time like this are equally entitled to credit.
Extract from : « The Emma Gees » by Herbert Wes McBride

He posts Townshend facing this, at right angles to his front line.
Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut

In a very short time we were able to use the Yeomanry in the front line.
Extract from : « 1914 » by John French, Viscount of Ypres

Every good surgeon in the Confederacy should hasten to the front line of our armies.
Extract from : « Macaria » by Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

Synonyms for front line

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