- present participle of front.
fronting
Example Sentences
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Spinning that lore for a modern audience, then, calls for fronting the cast with a star whose popular persona is outsized compared to his dramatic proficiency.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Morrissey speaks of visiting New York punk club CBGB's and attempting to join The Clash, and becoming the vocalist with Manchester punk band The Nosebleeds - his first experience fronting a band.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
It is a lesson in contrasts—hard geometries and muted hues fronting loose forms and cheerful colors—that evinces the influence of Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard on his work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ernst returns to Tokyo, now fronting as a playboy plutocrat to mask his espionage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Magazines, brought from Earth on the silver rocket a month before, fluttered, untouched, burning brown, on wire racks fronting the silent drugstores.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
