Thesaurus / back
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN
Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
The strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
Drowned every few seconds by our tremendous salvoes, this more nervous noise crept back insistently into our ears in the interval.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
Off went the officers again, some distance to the front, and then back again to their men, and got them on a little further.
A few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
WORDS RELATED TO BACK
- affirm
- approve
- attest
- authenticate
- back
- bear out
- bless
- buy
- certify
- check
- check out
- circumstantiate
- corroborate
- debunk
- double-check
- endorse
- establish
- explain
- give green light
- give high sign
- give stamp of approval
- give the go-ahead
- give the nod
- justify
- lap up
- make good
- make sure
- okay
- rubber-stamp
- sanction
- settle
- sign
- sign off on
- size up
- subscribe
- substantiate
- support
- thumbs up
- underpin
- uphold
- verify
- vouch
- warrant
- witness
- abet
- accept
- advocate
- aid
- applaud
- approbate
- back
- bear with
- champion
- commend
- condone
- confirm
- cope
- encourage
- endorse
- favor
- get behind
- give green light
- give stamp of approval
- give the nod
- go along with
- go for
- grin and bear it
- handle
- help
- hold with
- invite
- live with
- nod at
- okay
- put John Hancock on
- put up with
- sanction
- sign off on
- sit still for
- smile on
- stand for
- stomach something
- swallow
- thumbs up
- uphold
- abet
- accept
- advocate
- aid
- applaud
- approbate
- back
- bear with
- champion
- commend
- condone
- confirm
- cope
- encourage
- endorse
- favor
- get behind
- give green light
- give stamp of approval
- give the nod
- go along with
- go for
- grin and bear it
- handle
- help
- hold with
- invite
- live with
- nod at
- okay
- put John Hancock on
- put up with
- sanction
- sign off on
- sit still for
- smile on
- stand for
- stomach something
- swallow
- thumbs up
- uphold
- advocate
- aid
- apologize for
- argue
- assert
- back
- back up
- bear one out
- befriend
- champion
- come to defense of
- cover for
- endorse
- espouse
- exculpate
- exonerate
- explain
- go to bat for
- guarantee
- justify
- maintain
- plead
- prove a case
- put in a good word
- rationalize
- recommend
- ride shotgun for
- say in defense
- second
- speak up for
- stand by
- stand up for
- stick up for
- stonewall
- support
- sustain
- thump for
- uphold
- vindicate
- warrant
- advocate
- aid
- apologize for
- argue
- assert
- back
- back up
- bear one out
- befriend
- champion
- come to defense of
- cover for
- endorse
- espouse
- exculpate
- exonerate
- explain
- go to bat for
- guarantee
- justify
- maintain
- plead
- prove a case
- put in a good word
- rationalize
- recommend
- ride shotgun for
- say in defense
- second
- speak up for
- stand by
- stand up for
- stick up for
- stonewall
- support
- sustain
- thump for
- uphold
- vindicate
- warrant
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.