draw back

Example Sentences

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Instead of playing Lecter as obviously monstrous, "you go the opposite way, you draw back", he explains.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 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

I thought Dallas would be the Kraken’s best first-round draw, back when that was still in question.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2023

Britt-Marie and Laury both draw back in surprise, then look at each other before shifting their gazes between me and him and starting to smirk and make their eyebrows dance.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone