How to Use back out in a Sentence

back out

verb
  • Then the fork is slid back out.
    — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • But the ocean spits her back out.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • And then seeds can spread back out.
    — Katie Grant, Parents, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Ready to break that green thumb back out?
    — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
  • She got punched in the face for this and didn’t back out.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Her damp hair was left down and brushed back out of her face.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 5 July 2023
  • Pure linen cannot be stretched back out, but a linen blend can.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
  • But the seller backed out of the deal.
    — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • So there are a lot of necklines and backs out.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
  • Don't think this is the time to leave your plants back out on the porch.
    — Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The hosts were rolled, sliced, diced, chewed up and spit back out again.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Good thing Roberts sent Ohtani back out too.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • As the fire spread and grew stronger, crews were forced to back out of the home.
    — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2026
  • That is a woman who has seen it, been in it, dug her way back out.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • For a little less work in your front leg back out of the knee bend a bit.
    — Ingrid Yang Md, Outside Online, 29 May 2025
  • Buda’s best friend had vowed to join him, but backed out at the last minute.
    — Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Begin pulling the zip tool back out of the drain slowly.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Begin pulling the zip tool back out of the drain slowly.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • Some officers rushed back out to get a mask.
    — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Some buyers have also backed out of sales.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • If Kevin is not fired, put 25 back out there on the street.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The school allegedly backed out of the lease.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The soap ensures that gnats who enter the trap can’t fly back out.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Bogdan saw the bear inch forward, then back out of the house and run.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Some of them don't really reach back out and that's cool, too.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Lost my respect by backing out.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But contracts for the sale fell through and would-be buyers backed out.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But contracts for the sale fell through and would-be buyers backed out.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • My inner spirit jumped back out of me and stood next to the judge at the bench.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Paddle in, take care of the bite wound and paddle back out to catch more waves.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023

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