rear
Example Sentences
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Ukraine sent small groups to attack Russian rear positions, hoping that the Russians would believe a much larger force had broken through.
The dining room was in the house at the rear, five steps higher than the shop but lower than Tante Jans’s rooms.
From Literature
“I think I learned a lot about child rearing from him.”
To these strains us mourners began to troop down for a final farewell to Miss Myrt, starting from the rear.
From Literature
It rears on its hind legs: a towering menace, unimaginably huge.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
