home front
noun
: the sphere of civilian activity in war
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Perhaps unsurprisingly, when things soured on the home front, Johnson could still count on being lauded in Ukraine. 
Karla Adam, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 In the tradition of George Jones, the Palins, and all those people J.D. Vance wrote about, Lauren Boebert—the Trump-loving, gun-packing firebrand from western Colorado—and her husband, Jayson, can get a little too rowdy on the home front. Alex Heard, Outside Online, 15 Aug. 2022 The silence serves to minimize public understanding of its impact on the home front. Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2022 The general’s wife, Julia, played by Madeleine Stowe in the movie, had a significant role on the home front during that battle. New York Times, 4 July 2022 The general’s wife, Julia, played by Madeleine Stowe in the movie, had a significant role on the home front during that battle. Chris Cameron, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022 Meanwhile, on the home front, Lois (Elizabeth Tulloch) invited John Henry (Wolé Parks) and Natalie (Tayler Buck) — who was Lois' daughter on an alternate Earth — to live on Kent Farm with them. Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2022 Field Marshal Montgomery addresses the home front in rousing fashion. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 13 June 2022 On the home front, Hal’s wife Julia Moore and their five children were moved off-base – then standard Army policy for families once husbands were deployed. Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2022 See More
Karla Adam, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 In the tradition of George Jones, the Palins, and all those people J.D. Vance wrote about, Lauren Boebert—the Trump-loving, gun-packing firebrand from western Colorado—and her husband, Jayson, can get a little too rowdy on the home front. Alex Heard, Outside Online, 15 Aug. 2022 The silence serves to minimize public understanding of its impact on the home front. Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2022 The general’s wife, Julia, played by Madeleine Stowe in the movie, had a significant role on the home front during that battle. New York Times, 4 July 2022 The general’s wife, Julia, played by Madeleine Stowe in the movie, had a significant role on the home front during that battle. Chris Cameron, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022 Meanwhile, on the home front, Lois (Elizabeth Tulloch) invited John Henry (Wolé Parks) and Natalie (Tayler Buck) — who was Lois' daughter on an alternate Earth — to live on Kent Farm with them. Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2022 Field Marshal Montgomery addresses the home front in rousing fashion. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 13 June 2022 On the home front, Hal’s wife Julia Moore and their five children were moved off-base – then standard Army policy for families once husbands were deployed. Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above