How to Use rear in a Sentence

rear

1 of 3 verb

• Over the ridge, the spire of a tiny chapel rears its head.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2023
• The living room runs from the front to rear of the home.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2022
• Most EVs are close to 50-50 front to rear, as this one is.
  — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 28 Oct. 2022
• The foldable iPads are more likely to rear their heads in the next few years than the iPhone.
  — Kyle Barr / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
• But in the last hours of the last day, a massive marlin reared its spear-like head.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 20 June 2023
• The bull stopped beneath him, reared itself up, and gored him then and there.
  — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
• But the healthy caveat is a problem that's rearing its head again.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 29 Mar. 2023
• Here’s hoping the Curse won’t rear its ugly head this year.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• Questions about Afghanistan and its people made Biden rear up and dig in.
  — George Packer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2022
• The Browns got the win but came away with some injuries that could rear their ugly heads next week.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2021
• Due to heavy traffic, the eggs were retrieved, captive-hatched and reared.
  — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
• Two years later, Godzilla rears its head again from the ocean depths off Japan, mad as hell.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• When that time arrives, this debate will no doubt rear its head again.
  — WIRED, 11 Jan. 2023
• For a moment, the movie’s inciting gambit seems to rear its head again.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2022
• Before Rhea can draw her bow, Daemon makes the horse rear up and fall back, crushing Rhea.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
• Jake and Elwood Blues set out to raise $5,000 to pay a delinquent tax bill for the Catholic orphanage that reared them.
  — John Belushi, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
• The ball in his right hand, Miller reared his arm back and slammed a one-handed dunk over Jazz center Walker Kessler.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2024
• Extreme heat prompts them to forage less and rear fewer pups.
  — Angela Dewan, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
• That’s because the virus lies dormant in your skin’s nerve cells, only to rear its head when it’s triggered to do so.
  — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 3 Jan. 2022
• There were people here, reared in a more liberal faith who felt the need of the same training for their children.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
• As burnout has reared its head, workers and managers alike have struggled.
  — Trey Williams, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
• About 20 years ago, Hemming’s husband left her on her own to rear two young children.
  — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022
• So, everyone waited for pride to rear its ugly head and the Writers Guild to snap back.
  — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
• As luck would have it though, this happened just as the pandemic reared its demon head.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2023
• Given room to move, adult edmontosaurs can rear up on their hind legs and take off at about 28 miles per hour.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022
• In that same year, the ongoing problem reared its ugly head.
  — Torie Bosch, STAT, 17 Feb. 2024
• The inconsistency showed up, reared its head, in the second half.
  — Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
• Most notably, the prospect of capital outflows could again rear its head.
  — Aaron Back, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2021
• The blade’s fine tip is great for delicate tasks, while the solid handle and rear blade tackle heavy chores.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 27 July 2022
• An error and a walk loaded the bases, and once again, Riggs reared back and fired his fastball for two more strikeouts.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023

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rear

2 of 3 noun

• There are two bedrooms at the rear.
• Straps at the front and rear also keep the cover down in the wind.
  — Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
• The same technique was used to attach the rear of the cold frame to the side panels.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
• The great room, the kitchen and a casual dining area are at the rear of the house.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• The pair work in a lab near the woods, housed at the rear of a former gift shop called the Owl’s Roost.
  — Ryan Garza, Freep.com, 8 May 2023
• Tricky screws, sure, difficult to reach at the rear of the box, but just two.
  — Michael Finkel, Town & Country, 27 June 2023
• Staggered tires—20-inch wheels at the front and 21-inch wheels at the rear—make use of that downforce.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 9 June 2023
• Staggered wheels are standard, with 21-inch rims on the front and 22-inch wheels in the rear.
  — James Raia, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
• The kitchen is in the center of the Edgewood floor plan and can be in the center or rear of the Whitlow.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
• Solution: Put a 165-pound weight in the rear under the truck’s bed.
  — David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
• There are six at the rear and two on top, twice the amount available before.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 5 June 2023
• Some mowers have a discharge chute that fits in the rear of the mower.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
• The loadmaster at the very rear of the plane, nearly dangling out the door, raised a thumbs-up in the air.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2024
• North, has a large warehouse with an alley at the rear of the building.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 8 July 2023
• Then they’ll be shot backwards and there’s going to be a new tower at the rear of the ride.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
• The man with the bushy eyebrows kept walking to the rear of the house without harming Dylan.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
• The campers were in the rear of the property, Attleboro fire said in a statement.
  — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023
• The rear of the boat, where the Dixie II has its paddle wheel, is the stern, and that’s why she may be called a stern-wheeler.
  — Reed Parsell, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
• After, a person in the VW opened fire through the rear of Cloonan's car, striking Aiden in the back seat.
  — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2024
• At the rear, the DB5’s twin exhaust pipes have been repurposed as an outlet for the smoke screen.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 20 June 2023
• As in previous years, many of them gathered near the bar at the rear of Humphreys and remained there.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
• But Greenberg’s favorite feature is the lineup of six USB ports in the rear.
  — Sarah Grossbart, wsj.com, 10 Nov. 2023
• Six of those eight are on the rear I/O plate, and the other two can be configured either on top of or on the front of the case.
  — Brian Westover, PCMAG, 6 June 2023
• The primary bedroom, at the rear of the main floor, has an en suite bathroom, a reach-in closet and a deck.
  — Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• Interestingly, the charge ports will be in the rear of the vehicle, as compared to the front as with the R1T and R1S.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Mar. 2024
• The rear is where the Arcadia Droptail is at its most striking.
  — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• People watch the parade on Clarendon Street at the rear of the Trinity Church.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
• Each cylinder was open in the rear, so the blast would propel it forward, flinging the net over ducks on the water.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2023
• Armor protection was about 2 inches thick in the front and 1.5 inches on the sides and rear.
  — Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
• And Wise did just that by adding intricate crochet accents to the rears of her suits.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024

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rear

3 of 3 adjective

• The car's rear bumper was damaged.
• The child was then struck by the boat’s rear propeller.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
• Its default setting sends 55% of torque to the rear wheels.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2023
• Look straight forward, squeeze your rear glute, and press off the floor to raise up.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 July 2023
• For example, if your rear wheels are sliding to the left, turn the wheel to the left.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2024
• Compressed air for the suspension is stored in the rear swingarm.
  — William Roberson, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• Jiang managed to enter the church through a rear door, White said.
  — Jessica Xing, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
• Jonathan Gitlin The sides are cut away from the B pillar to the rear wheels to make the shape more efficient.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 May 2023
• The revised front and rear styling brings a price increase of nearly $5000.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 17 May 2023
• The deck is continuous from the rear wheels to the front, and a lift up hatch at the back provides access to the bag.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 12 May 2023
• Beyond just the headroom, the rear seat of the Polestar 4 is a seriously nice place to be.
  — Daniel Golson, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2023
• Surveillance footage of the incident show a suspect pulling up to the rear gate of the gallery in a rental van.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Lose the extra adults and long trips are a treat, the A5 hiding a roomy trunk behind its fold-flat rear seats.
  — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 21 July 2023
• In the Cybertruck the rear video view is displayed in a small rectangle in the truck’s center screen.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
• There is also a tire donut on the rear passenger side wheel.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2023
• On the first floor, units 1 to 4 have a kitchen, a living area, a powder room and a rear door to a private backyard.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• Those plans also suggest a buyer could add more glass to the rear wall to let in light and views of the gardens and drive.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2023
• At high speeds, the panel returns to sit flush with the trailing edge of the rear bodywork to reduce drag.
  — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 29 June 2023
• The rip to 60 mph is 2.7 seconds, and the task of stopping the land missile is aided by twin air brakes that pop up from the rear wings.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
• So, Cantu first needed to take off the rear tires that Brown had bought in July and rotate them to the front.
  — Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 3 May 2023
• Police said in the affidavit that the Hyundai was in a travel lane and had bullet holes in the trunk and the rear window.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
• Two bullet holes were found on the car, one of which was at the rear passenger window.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2024
• At the very rear is a room that sits slightly lower than the front part of this backyard structure.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 2 June 2023
• And, notably, the lead vehicle on the train still has an Italian flag on its rear hull.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
• Both run non-adjustable forks and twin-emulsion rear shocks.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
• The inside of a classic car on display shows a rosary hanging from the rear view mirror.
  — Sarahi Apaez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
• The 17-year-old girl, a rear passenger, was thrown from the car upon impact and died at the scene, police said.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2023
• The impact caused Collins to enter the rear passenger side window of the Chevrolet and come to a stop inside the car.
  — Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023
• No injuries have been reported due to the rear coil springs problem as of May 25, Chrysler said.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 14 June 2023
• All the townhouses have brick and vinyl siding, small front yards, and rear decks off the second-floor, which is the main level.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024