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Example sentences for "fro"

Lexicographically close words:
frizzes; frizzled; frizzling; frizzly; frizzy; frock; frockcoat; frocked; frocks; froehlich
  1. Orazio Lucis was walking to and fro and gesticulating.

  2. Hilaire was there too, but sometimes he was called away, and then Jean would hear his uneven step going to and fro across an uncarpeted floor, and the sound of hushed voices in the next room.

  3. The performance was timed to begin at nine, but at twenty minutes past the hour newsvendors were still going to and fro with bundles of evening papers, and the orchestra was represented by a melancholy bald-headed man with a cornet.

  4. And, to facilitate as much as possible the process of coaling, Milsom caused a broad gangway, nearly six feet wide, to be rigged between the two vessels, so that the porters might pass to and fro freely without obstructing each other.

  5. He shifted his head on his pillow, and his eyes traveled to and fro about the great room.

  6. Mills did not look round, and the steady remorseless barrel still sailed to and fro across the faces of the men in the hut.

  7. He rose and shoved a chair forward with his foot for Mr. Newman's accommodation, and began to walk slowly to and fro with his hands in his pockets.

  8. This tract of country is a very desert, where thin maritime grasses are shaken by the wind, where suggestive spars lie bleaching, where the sand, driven before the breeze like snow, travels to and fro through all the ages.

  9. So the day wore on while Cornish impatiently walked the deck of the steamer, ploughing its way across the North Sea, through showers and thunderstorms and those grey squalls that flit to and fro on the German Ocean.

  10. Far out at sea, others plied their trade, tacking to and fro over the banks, where the fish congregate.

  11. She walked to and fro in her chamber, sat down, and rose up without any attention to the appeals addressed her.

  12. A sob was heard in the crowd, and the serried masses heaved to and fro as a young man forced his way violently through.

  13. The Emperor Nero is seen passing to and fro in his imperial carriage, followed by the senators in their costly equipages amidst the shouts and plaudits of the people.

  14. Castruccio, as Florence, pressing her hands to her temples, walked wildly to and fro the room.

  15. Cesarini stared at the speaker gloomily, clenched his hand, and strode rapidly to and fro the room.

  16. The few days of sunshine which he had purchased, soon faded away; and he was left to wander to and fro in that splendid house, more desolate than the pauper whom his wife sent haughtily from his door.

  17. Those who watched, heard a low, wailing cry, and saw the negro fall upon his knees, and rock to and fro in an agony of grief over some object concealed behind the aloe.

  18. Katharine held both hands to her temples, rocking to and fro as if the effort to think cost great pain.

  19. I hope you received it, for he is so impetuous that I always a little doubt his care; at least it was when sent through him that the loss of letters to and fro took place.

  20. While walking to and fro on this bit of rising ground he meditated and composed innumerable romances that were never written, as well as some that were.

  21. The traveler who enters the Narrows for the first time is impressed with wonder, and the charm abides even with those who pass daily to and fro amid her beauties.

  22. On the return trip in the evening, the effect is reversed--a study worth the while of the traveler as he passes to and fro on the commodious "Annex" between Desbrosses Street Pier and Brooklyn.

  23. This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment; insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in which the preacher spoke, might still have been swayed to and fro by the mere tone and cadence.

  24. Often as I watch the glittering procession passing to and fro below me.

  25. She pressed both hands upon her heart, her whole form swayed to and fro with the violent effort she made to recover her calmness.

  26. Since the ladies' arrival he only came to and fro to the sick room, bringing everything needful, and at night he insisted on undertaking the last and most weary hours of watching, driving away the ladies with good-natured brusqueness.

  27. The emperor walked to and fro several times with hasty steps.

  28. Count Ingelheim walked thoughtfully to and fro before the house, and looked up from time to time with an anxious expression at the king's windows.

  29. In a few minutes another ball of similarly coloured light came towards it from behind one of the islets, and the two waver to and fro over the beach, sometimes circling round each other.

  30. Then came the snow-white surf wall, and across it the blue sea with our steamer rolling to and fro on the long, regular swell, impatiently waiting until Sunday should be over and she could work cargo.

  31. He was a teetotaler and a vegetarian; and although constantly travelling to and fro in his district on his evangelising work, he had no foolish recklessness in him.

  32. During this time the crowd of men and women spend their days round the enclosure, ready to turn back any elephant who may attempt to break out, going to and fro to the village for their food.

  33. Mrs. Gerhardt roved to and fro like a person in a dream.

  34. Jennie nervously pushed a book to and fro on the table, her fear that she would not be able to keep up appearances troubling her greatly.

  35. He moved irritably as he thought of it, shoved his hands in his pockets and walked to and fro across the floor.

  36. There was no sound save that of Gerhardt rocking nervously to and fro in the kitchen.

  37. It is the custom of the officiating orator, while the chant is going on, to walk to and fro in the council-house.

  38. In councils and formal receptions it is customary for the orator to walk slowly to and fro during the intervals of his speech.

  39. Enyonghdentyonko kanonghsakonghshen,-"he will walk to and fro in the house.

  40. The last verse is sung yet again, while he walks to and fro in the house, and says: 17.

  41. She went restlessly to and fro several times between the villa and the green cottage, and at last went into the Professorin's.

  42. Beautifully dressed, with flowers in her hair, Manna walked to and fro in the great drawing-room.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fro" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    frock coat; from all; from the; from thence; front and; front door; front gate; front line; front room; front seat; front view; frontal attack; frontier life; frontier town; frosty night; frosty weather; frozen meat