How to Use back down in a Sentence

back down

verb

• Fisher took on the king of the SEC and did not back down.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022
• The three of them, along with a post-oral-surgery Kong, head back down to check it out.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
• The appeals court then sent the case back down to Benitez.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
• Pause at the top, then lower back down to the mat with control.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
• The Americans had a three-point lead as the French brought the ball back down the floor with 3.8 seconds to go.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024
• Step your left foot back down and repeat with your right knee.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health, 11 Sep. 2023
• Then, slowly straighten your arm back down to the floor.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health, 23 Feb. 2023
• There’s no need for (the government) to bring the price level back down.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
• There’s no need for [the government] to bring the price level back down.
  — Christopher Rugaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2024
• The girls could be seen lifting their legs up high and then stomping back down as the waves came in.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
• As the years have gone by, Stray Kids has never backed down from a challenge.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
• My temper was just as short as his, and neither of us liked to back down.
  — Paul Tough, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
• At the summit, Blessing was placed on a tram that brought him back down the mountain.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• From here, pick up the right foot about 6 inches off the floor, hold for 5 seconds, then place it back down.
  — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2023
• That same uterus has to do a lot of work to contract back down to pre-pregnancy shape.
  — Arianna Bradford, Parents, 29 July 2023
• The court sent the cases back down to the lower courts to reconsider.
  — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 1 July 2024
• This girl is going above, beyond, back down, around, and then above again.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2024
• All these factors have combined to pull prices back down.
  — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020
• The case has now been sent back down to the lower court for further proceedings.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Lots of receivers have been taller than him, but Beyer doesn’t back down from the challenge.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• Now, climbers will be given the bags at base camp and expected to carry the bags back down at the end of the journey.
  — Colleen Grablick, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
• Yayo and his team haven’t backed down from hating their nemesis along with the Murder Inc. clique.
  — Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 26 July 2024
• Would-be buyers who are pulling for prices to come way back down may be left holding their breath in 2023.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 5 Jan. 2023
• Back then, there were only four Black CEOs; two years later, six; in 2023, nine, and now back down to eight.
  — Byeva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 June 2024
• The Fed is trying to get inflation back down to its target of 2%.
  — Zimo Zhong, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
• Pause at the top of the movement and hold for a few seconds, then very slowly lower your arms back down.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 Oct. 2023
• While Harry and Edna rode back down to the Black side of town, the children were loaded into the trunk.
  — Imani Perry, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• The turtle sneaks its head out of the water, its mouth clamped around a scrap of duck, before dipping back down to feed.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 13 July 2023
• But some of these companies aren’t backing down without a fight.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 10 Oct. 2024
• The alarming number of book bans so far this year shows that the few who support censorship are not backing down.
  — Anthony W. Marx, Dennis M. Walcott, TIME, 19 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024