front rank
Example Sentences
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She had to be young so you could have lots of children, she had to be Protestant, she had to be a front-rank aristocrat, and she had to be a virgin.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023
So far, Boris Johnson has not visited Wakefield, and I'm told front-rank government ministers tend to pop in briefly to gladhand the Conservative candidate, knock off an endorsement video and head back to Westminster.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2022
On Skybolt rested Britain’s hopes of remaining a front-rank nuclear power.
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2019
Had Hitler delayed by a few years, Roberts suggests, Churchill would surely have been away from front-rank politics too long to “make himself the one indispensable figure.”
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2018
Ohon! ohon!" cried Francie, with a true north-country yell of recognition, "naebody could hae said that word but my auld front-rank man, Edie Ochiltree!
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
