Example sentences for: backs

How can you use “backs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Not surprisingly, an Indian tribe, the Umatilla, has already demanded that the bones be reburied as if they were ancient native relics, and federal law backs them up.

  • Republican opponents accused Bush of running for president on the backs of congressmen.

  • After the Japanese media had almost ignored the protests against Emperor Akihito on the first day of his state visit to Britain, Japan's largest newspaper, Asahi Shimbun, expressed understanding Thursday of the grievances of the British ex-prisoners-of-war who turned their backs on the emperor during his public appearances.

  • Circular, full-thickness dorsal cutaneous biopsies of 6 mm diameter were made on the backs of anesthetized mice and wound sites, including the uninjured epithelial margins, were excised 2, 4, and 6 days post wounding as described above.

  • In India, the Hindu devoted an editorial Monday to the TV coverage of the 106 th birthday celebrations of two Japanese twin sisters, who, it said, are doing well and enjoying themselves "despite their bent backs and wizened faces."


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