Example Sentences

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As if a formidable pale index finger with a square-trimmed nail rewinds the hands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

In Chuck years, the film starts when he’s 39 and in his final hours of fading away from brain cancer, rewinds to nine months earlier and then leaps back to his boyhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

Originally the antagonist in "Furie," the prequel rewinds to show the backstory for Thanh Sói.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2023

“Pamela, a Love Story” powerfully rewinds Pamela Anderson’s life and fame.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023

Turn the pages of that diary, and her inky scrawl rewinds the clock, to a time when her story is just starting.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield