fore and aft
Example Sentences
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In Montana, the GPS searches for my salvation, fore and aft.
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2020
Her 20-foot fiberglass boat, with snarling teeth painted on the bow, had fore and aft cabins and an open space in the middle where she could work the oars.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2020
Unlike the British specialty aircraft, the NC-4 and its sister seaplanes were built to be submarine chasers with machine gun mounts fore and aft.
From Washington Times • May 16, 2019
For passengers in the rear, seating slides fore and aft for extra leg room.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2016
I clambered fore and aft my hulk until a comber split her, keel from ribs, and the big timber floated free; the mast, too, broke away.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
