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

At the Black Conservative Federation RNC's event, attendees spoke of the long effort to draw back voters to the party of Lincoln.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2024

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

It didn’t just wrinkle its muzzle and draw back its lips; it smiled with its whole body.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver