draw back

Example Sentences

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Nor is it good news for workers, whose job security becomes less stable if businesses draw back on investment and start to cut costs.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

“We can’t allow this kind of bullying to make us so fearful that we are paralyzed and that we draw back from our core values.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2025

There were two stagehands waiting to draw back the curtains for us to go on and one said: “‘You nervous?’

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

“When you’re able to draw back on experience and you’re able to lean on experience, that’s going to be huge.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Attend to me as I draw back the curtain to reveal a long-kept minstrel’s secret Let’s say you are out at an inn.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss