toward the rear

Example Sentences

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“Overflow,” an usher posted outside the church doors said as we approached, jerking his thumb toward the rear parking lot where the grammar school was located.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

A full drum kit toward the rear of the stage overwhelmed the room with its boomy kick, its volume urging everything else around it upward into rock show territory.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023

The stage floor rises toward the rear, and everyone feels far away, adding to the dark, disturbingly ghoulish obscurity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2021

“He walked me back to a room toward the rear of Air Force One,” Mr. Gaetz said.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2020

Tomás put them in his pocket and, glaring at the young man, jabbed his thumb toward the rear door of the shop.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty