How to Use bounce back in a Sentence

bounce back

phrasal verb
  • The ball now bounces back to the 6 God as fans await his next move.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 2 May 2024
  • The Colonels aim to bounce back from a 66-13 blowout by Cincinnati.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • But the Lynx bounced back at state to win for a seventh straight time.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Within weeks, the city had bounced back from that, too.
    Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The Hawks are an easy pick to bounce back from last year’s 4-7 season.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The Razorbacks bounced back from a sub-par showing in last week's 38-31 home loss to BYU.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2023
  • In the quest to bounce back, though, airlines have found their hands forced towards their workers.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 1 May 2024
  • But the ruble has since bounced back and interest rates come down.
    Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Still, the traditional top-down, two-seat sports car has been slow to bounce back.
    Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2023
  • And Sunday afternoon, the Chiefs try to bounce back from last week’s loss against the suddenly-on-the-rise Raiders.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Applebee’s is trying to bounce back from a rough few years.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Next week, the Bills will hope to bounce back against the New York Giants, who have been reeling early this season.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The price offered this year may be reflective of Japan’s bouncing back from the worst of the pandemic.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2024
  • And for its part, LVMH is sure of its ability to bounce back and keep growing despite the headwinds.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Utah State bounced back from a 20-point loss at Colorado State on Saturday.
    Carson Hilton, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024
  • But Kotsay isn’t too worried about the pair’s ability to bounce back.
    Haley Smilow, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The last major sawmills closed three decades ago, and the region never really bounced back.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • This shampoo was formulated to help your hair bounce back from all of the damage it’s gone through.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Plus, the rocket engines must shut off at a precise moment so the craft doesn’t bounce back up off the lunar surface.
    Popular Science, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Smith and Molina bounced back from rough season debuts.
    Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2024
  • This is a huge wake-up call for a Bears squad that’s looking to bounce back from their disappointing 6-7 season a year ago.
    Michael Haag, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • His rant ended up leading to Salesforce stock bouncing back after the call was over.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The good news is that there is now an immediate bounce back and 2024 is looking very solid in terms of bookings.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The Rebels managed no hits in the fifth through eighth innings with Smith bouncing back and McEntire firing two shutout innings.
    Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 5 Apr. 2024
  • While the economy has bounced back in record fashion, there are some realities about the times.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • After two evictions, her credit score has dipped to the 500s and hasn’t bounced back in about a decade, which has made renting difficult.
    Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • And while malls and in-person stores have bounced back to decent-sized crowds compared to the start of the pandemic, the growing strength of e-commerce isn’t going away.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Maybe Kelce just had a fire under him to bounce back after that Minnesota injury.
    Vulture, 21 Oct. 2023
  • There’s a slight chance of a shower early in the morning, but most of the day should be partly sunny with highs bouncing back into the upper 70s.
    oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Some of the light from the fiber bounces back from the tissue, and those emissions are transmitted through the mirror and focused onto the optical sensor and the tube lens.
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 Jan. 2024

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