bounce back

Example Sentences

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He flicked on his high beams only to watch them bounce back as a blinding wall of light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"After this crisis, she knew how to bounce back," Svane said.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

"She started playing well, and I was rushing and frustrated, but I'm happy that I managed to bounce back and turn it around in the second set."

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The Arizona Diamondbacks are attempting to bounce back after following up a 2023 World Series appearance with two underwhelming seasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

In radar astronomy, radio waves are transmitted by a telescope on Earth, strike, say, that hemisphere of Venus that happens to be facing the Earth, and bounce back.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan