How to Use kickback in a Sentence

kickback

1 of 2 noun

• Several company executives were accused of accepting kickbacks.
• Beware the kickback zone, the top of the tip of the chainsaw bar.
  — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
• Just a staged kickback to shoot their look book in the early days of Born X Raised.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
• In Adler’s case much of the kickback was made in gold coins, according to court records in the case.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022
• Next, still standing on the left foot and squeezing the lacrosse ball, drive the right heel straight back for a kickback.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 5 Nov. 2021
• In the mix: bird-dogs to fire hydrants, squat hops, and plank rows to tricep kickbacks.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 11 July 2023
• Next, still standing on the left foot and squeezing the ball, drive your right heel straight back for a kickback.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health, 28 Jan. 2023
• Contractors who failed to pay a kickback were cut out of work.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2024
• The Globe was the first to report on alleged kickbacks and gifts Joyce had received in office.
  — Maria Cramer, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2018
• The fees were in fact kickback payments that Mr. Rivera then used to pay down the mortgage on his home, court papers said.
  — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021
• Some were less impressed with the kickback than others.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 2 June 2021
• The first was Richard Leche, who was found guilty in 1940 of taking road-construction kickbacks.
  — NOLA.com, 28 May 2017
• Triceps kickback Start with a 5-pound dumbbell in each hand.
  — Health.com, 26 Sep. 2017
• Yet there’s enough kickback on the track to inspire rally hero fantasies.
  — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
• That year, he was transferred to San Diego to investigate bribery, kickbacks and fraud crimes against the Navy.
  — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
• Breathing in the charred bits of meat reminds you of a backyard kickback on a Saturday.
  — Julissa Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
• Nonetheless, the kickback swept in hard during the beginning months of 1986, and many of the complaints came from Black male artists and thinkers.
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 7 Jan. 2024
• Older phones will likely still get some kickback, but the exact amount will vary.
  — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2017
• Hospitals and others pay too much, pass the cost to you or your insurance and then take a kickback.
  — WSJ, 15 May 2018
• The first part of the move—the fire hydrant portion—will target your glute medius and minimus, and the kickback will engage your lower back, says Samuel.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 13 Feb. 2019
• Here are our suggestions for the perfect playlist at this year's Fourth of July kickbacks.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
• That includes moves like bird-dogs, fire hydrants, squat hops, plank rows, and tricep kickbacks.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 27 July 2023
• It’s paired with a live-edge timber headboard and mirrored kickback boards to give the illusion that the bed is floating.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 10 May 2024
• Santana wore three sets of plastic goggles to guard against the kickback of mud, and on Saturday just one might have sufficed.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2018
• Jonas and the others were accused of taking bribes and kickbacks from people seeking to do business with the city, as well as other crimes.
  — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Apr. 2018
• County jails receive a kickback on the profits from those inmate phone calls — which can add up to tens of thousands of dollars.
  — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
• In return, the vendors paid Ashton and his UAW accomplices bribes and kickbacks.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2019
• In reality, the shortlist is a longlist, designed for Amazon to get a second round of kickbacks, perks, and stunts.
  — Alex Shephard, New Republic, 19 Jan. 2018
• Once deployed, the start is smooth—forget the days of pulling a cord and receiving a significant kickback from your chainsaw.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2024
• Shortly before that, the team had been under scrutiny as allegations that the former coach had accepted more than a million dollars in kickbacks in exchange for recruiting students to Harvard’s team.
  — Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 26 July 2024

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kick back

2 of 2 verb

• I plan to spend the day kicking back and watching television.
• The trial kicked back off with Stormy Daniels back on the stand.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 9 May 2024
• Mike Dean is ready to kick back with a new project of his own.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 2 Sep. 2021
• There are plenty of shady spots to kick back and cool off.
  — Mindy Sink, The Denver Post, 13 June 2024
• Or to just kick back, soak in the starry heavens above, and just be.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
• Does your dad love to kick back with a beer and watch baseball games with you?
  — Rebecca Norris, USA TODAY, 12 May 2021
• Just grab a hot cup of dang good coffee, kick back and start from episode one of the O.G. series.
  — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 17 May 2021
• In one of the images, they can be seen kicking back in a room full of red roses.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 1 July 2024
• Sometimes [bears will] kick back and try to cover stuff up.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 12 July 2023
• Eras Tour will kick back up again in November with a few dates in Brazil.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• Mario worked as hard as anyone, but also knew how to kick back.
  — Greg Palkot, Fox News, 14 June 2023
• Take a break from art-peeping to lounge by the hotel’s sparkling pool, or kick back for a pedicure at the day spa.
  — Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
• After a long holiday season, the elf will want to kick back by the pool!
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 11 Nov. 2022
• There are plenty of ways to kick back, for just about any reason and in any season.
  — Nitya Rao, Seventeen, 20 July 2022
• So kick back, relax, and let someone else do the cooking.
  — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Nov. 2024
• As the blade vibrates, the skirted jig behind it kicks back and forth wildly.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• Choose from 23 colors in sizes S to XXL and kick back in total comfort on your next trip.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2023
• The group went to the bridge to enjoy some Modelos and kick back at the city’s newest attraction.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022
• How much better things would have been if time—eight or nine months, say—were set aside to knock off all the blather, kick back, chill.
  — Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
• McIlroy blasted a driver off the tee and found the rough in front of a small hill, though the ball kicked back to give him a more favorable lie.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• This way, the homeowners can kick back or push them together and set a tray on top to hold drinks or snacks.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
• Not everyone is going to kick back at the beach this summer.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
• Little attention has been given to those who fail and get kicked back to square one.
  — Lillian Perlmutter, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
• Some people kicked back on folding chairs while others cooked and sold food.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
• So kick back and scroll on for some of our favorite patio furniture sales of the moment.
  — Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2023
• Rain is likely to kick back in later in the afternoon as a cold front begins to drop into the area.
  — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2021
• Grab your swimsuit, sunglasses, sunscreen and a towel and kick back on the sands of the South Beach shoreline.
  — Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
• Extend your elbow to kick back, moving only at the joint.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023
• Afterward, head to the library and curl up with a book, or kick back on the loungers around the promenade deck while you people watch.
  — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2024
• Setting Wrapped in a Modern Package Take a dip in the gunite pool before kicking back in one of the two alfresco entertaining rooms.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024