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• Zuckerberg must constantly leap to and fro throughout the centuries in order to duck summonses.2011, Travis Harmon, Jonathan Shockley, “Introduction”, in Let There Be Facebook: Status Updates from God, Gaga, and Everyone in between…. From the entry timescape
• Both of us watched in silence as Nosey zoomed to and fro, committing bugicide after bugicide.2005, Ann Halam, Siberia. From the entry bugicide
• Lying on your side, start rocking back and forth, scooching to and fro and kicking.1998, George Ostrom, Shannon Ostrom, Nature. From the entry scooch
• They sway to and fro and are not knocked completely over.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 169. From the entry kelly
• Three of the hives had been overturned and the others had been rocked to and fro.1958, John Crompton, A Hive of Bees. From the entry skep
• He lay supine for a moment, his eyes moving to and fro.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 4.8, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 108. From the entry supine
• Napoleon paced to and fro in silence, occasionally snuffing at the ground.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […]…. From the entry snuff
• After waving the candle to and fro several times, investigatingly, the door was closed.1908, Frank Allaben, John Watts de Peyster, volume 1, page 161. From the entry investigatingly
• Apes leap to and fro, ape men swing from trees, and even a giant, menacing spider gets in on the act.2013 July 25, The Battle Creek Enquirer, Michigan, page 3. From the entry apeman
• He met us at the door with this big 'fro, or half an afro, halfro—he slept on his right side evidently.2007, Richard Peabody, Kiss the Sky: Fiction & Poetry Starring Jimi Hendrix, Paycock Press, →ISBN, page 149. From the entry halfro
• We cannot read it backwards, or to and fro, or round and round like sculpture or a picture.1964, John Holloway, The Lion Hunt: A Pursuit of Poetry and Reality, Archon Books, page 33. From the entry snatchiest
• Waiters paused in their hurrying to and fro, and stood with dishes in their hands, watching the curiously circling birds.1932, E. Phillips Oppenheim, “The Ghosts of Suicide Corner”, in Crooks in the Sunshine, London: Hodder & Stoughton. From the entry wine waiter
• Pingo bearers walk to and fro with their burdens of fruit and vegetables, representing many varieties quite strange to us.1926, Ali Foad Toulba, “The Beautiful Mountain Railway to Kandy”, in Ceylon: The Land of Eternal Charm, London: Hutchinson & Co.…. From the entry pingo
• As they come to themselves, they writhe in agony, so that their hammocks rock violently to and fro.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 63. From the entry come to oneself
• We were now doing a strange sort of Barnaby dance: shuffling to and fro as I blocked his attempts to set off in pursuit.2009, Julia Golding, The Diamond of Drury Lane, page 434. From the entry Barnaby
• Boats shuttled to and fro, and the hawkings and peddlings of all sorts of wares helped to create an amazing scene of activity and prosperity.1982, Chinese Literature. From the entry hawking
• Through forest aisles while the wind chanteth low-- In God's cathedral where the great trees grow, Now all day long he paceth to and fro.1913, Virna Sheard, The Miracle and Other Poems. From the entry paceth
• On the podium a goalkeeper was moving back and forth, sideways, in front of the full-scribbled goal behind him, uneasily wagging his hands to and fro, wigwagging.2015, Bertil Dunér, chapter 5, in Little Counsellor, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry wigwag
• Sammy must’ve heard us because the torn screen door flung open and we beheld the jailbird in all his stocky glory, crowned by a Black Pantheresque ’fro.2007 May 1, Myriam Gurba, “Human Cargo”, in Dahlia Season: Stories & a Novella (a Future Tense book), San Francisco, Calif.: Manic D…. From the entry black pantheresque
• Then the minute feet made feeble dabs, or stabs, at the atmosphere; the tiny fists doubled themselves and wandered to and fro as if in search of the enemy.1917, Robert Hichens, In the Wilderness. From the entry dab
• With quick presence of mind, Ootah grasped the rear upstander of the sled, which had begun to slide to and fro, and planted his harpoon in the ice.1913, T. Everett Harré, The Eternal Maiden, J. J. Little & Ives Company, pages 216–217. From the entry upstander
• They were not motionless, but swayed to and fro above her head, thronging out of one sky-light into another, as if the universe and not the air-ship was careening.1909, E. M. Forster, “Chapter I”, in The Machine Stops. From the entry careen
• By turns she sat watching the waver of the candles in the draught, and walked to and fro between the bed and the washhand-stand to keep herself warm.1902, Leonard Merrick, chapter IV, in When Love Flies out o’ the Window, London: C[yril] Arthur Pearson […], →OCLC, page 51. From the entry waver
• Nay, I niver get ony harm, as I know on, fro' th' little chaps though I do shiver whiles, for their curses is summat flairsome to hearken to.1900, Halliwell Sutcliffe, Shameless Wayne. From the entry flairsome

Meaning of fro

1. adverb From; away; back or backward.
2. preposition From.

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How do you use fro in a sentence?

Fro is used as an adverb and preposition. For example: “Zuckerberg must constantly leap to and fro throughout the centuries in order to duck summonses.”

What is a short sentence with fro?

“They sway to and fro and are not knocked completely over.”

What does fro mean?

Fro means from; away; back or backward.