BACKED in a Sentence

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Uncle Peter, preoccupied with the conversation behind him, had driven past the Merriwether carriage block and he backed up the horse.

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 Meanings and Examples of BACKED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
backing
 n.  financial resources provided to make some project possible
 n.  the act of providing approval and support
Classic Sentence: (106 in 8 pages)
1  The cat, profiting by this unusual demonstration, tried to effect an unnoticed retreat, and in doing so backed into the pickle-dish, which fell to the floor with a crash.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  It was not till he led out the sorrel and backed him between the shafts of the sleigh that he once more became conscious of what he was doing.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  He backed his big red horse and then, putting spurs to his side, lifted him easily over the split rail fence into the soft field of Gerald O'Hara's plantation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  Well, Ma fainted when I said that about spavins, but I stood firm and Grandma backed me up.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
5  She pressed her hands hard against her skirts, so they would not rustle and backed out as stealthily as an animal.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  Uncle Peter, preoccupied with the conversation behind him, had driven past the Merriwether carriage block and he backed up the horse.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  Melly and Carreen whispered that the soldier guest should have a share and Scarlett, backed by Suellen and Mammy, hissed to Pork to hide it quickly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
8  The Bureau was backed up by the soldiers and the military had issued many and conflicting orders governing the conduct of the conquered.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
9  The captain and the sergeant backed out, Hugh Elsing with them, and she slammed the door behind them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
10  For too many years Scarlett had seen the Republicans, backed up by the force of the Yankee Army, in power in Georgia to believe Rhett's light words.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
11  They backed off and tried to rehearse.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
12  Connie backed away round the corner of the house, and hurried away to the wood.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
13  A young servant-girl backed down the passage, shy and awkward.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
14  She backed on to the bridge, reversed, let the car run forwards a few yards along the road, then backed into the lane, under a wych-elm tree, crushing the grass and bracken.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
15  She backed slowly round the curve, out of sight of the road, locked the car, and got down.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
16  The government has backed away from its nuclear weapons strategy.
17  She started to criticize me, then she suddenly backed off.
18  In contrast, the Prime Minister's aides are preparing his defense, saying that at the time, the entire cabinet backed the move to war, and that he's willing to implement all the committee's recommendations.
19  The DJ said that the police and coastguard had approved the plans which were backed by the council and "all the yes's were coming in".
20  When Mr Meshal sided with his Qatari financiers, who backed Syria's Islamist rebels after the uprising in 2011, Mr Assad and his men fumed at the treachery.
21  Husband and wife turned coldly accusing backs toward each other.
22  We lay on our backs under the tree.
23  He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
24  They had their hands tied behind their backs.
25  We live in a ground floor flat which backs onto a busy street.
26  Our house backs onto a garden.
27  There, I had a friend's face under my gaze; and what did it signify that those young ladies turned their backs on me? I looked at it; I smiled at the speaking likeness: I was absorbed and content.
28  She faced the stark choice of backing the new scheme or losing her job.
29  The teachers have the full backing of the school governors.
30  He said the president had the full backing of his government to negotiate a deal.