Backed

Examples

• So, I presented Joe to Herbert, who held out his hand; but Joe backed from it, and held on by the bird's-nest. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• We backed a horse named Light For Me that finished fourth in a field of five. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• When you had seen the pony backed into the shafts of the chaise, you had seen something there was no doubt about. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• After that there was no sign, but the path ran right on into Ragged Shaw, the wood which backed on to the school. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I wonder if Mr. Meyers backed him. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The long-backed odious creature will call here to-morrow, answered Julia. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Acknowledged that you were afraid, and backed shamefully out? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I backed up against the wall of the temple, and waited. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This time I was backed by Flag-officer Foote, who sent a similar dispatch. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They backed the election of a Jacobin as Mayor of Paris. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Many's the day, and many's the way in which he has backed me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• As to Julia, she could not leave her dear long-backed Mr. Napier for a single day. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But Birkin backed away. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He devised the famous system of a dropping breech block, backed up by the hammer. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They had me backed against the wall in no time, fighting for my life. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Finding the Dog able to do it immensely, made the match, and heavily backed the Dog. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Laurie backed precipitately into a corner, and put his hands behind him with an imploring gesture. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Suddenly one of them snorted, ducked its head, and backed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Of course, said Catherine, if it hadn't been crooked we'd never have backed him at all. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I had backed into the pit which had received Issus. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• As I neared the brute he backed cautiously away from me, and when I had reached the open he moved to one side to let me pass. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• We can see the long, whale-backed ridge of Mount Hermon projecting above the eastern hills. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Had pre-Revolutionary France listened to men like Turgot and backed them up all would have gone well. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• As long as a member of a well-known family is backed up by that family it should be considered--final. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Of the two ladies, one was well advanced in years; but the high-backed oaken chair in which she sat, was not more upright than she. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• No man spoke, but the steersman held up his hand, and all softly backed water, and kept the boat straight and true before it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Very kind of him, the stiff-backed prig, with his dandified airs and West End swagger. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There'll be Murder the matter, too,' replied the hump-backed man, coolly, 'if you don't take your hands off. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The small boy brought round a small thin volume and a great greasy-backed one, laying them out together beneath the hanging lamp. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• What a high-backed pew! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

Editor: Maggie