How do you use Backfires in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Backfires meaning
plural of backfire
Using Backfires
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of backfire
- In the example corpus, backfires often appears in combinations such as: backfires when, backfires as, often backfires.
Context around Backfires
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Backfires
- In this selection, "backfires" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, campaign, gamble, professor, spectacularly, alatalu and near stand out and add context to how "backfires" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include hurts you backfires and by lighting backfires near homes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "backfires" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with backfires
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, this often backfires," Alatalu said. (6 words)
Spoilers reveal that another one of her plans backfires. (9 words)
As a public policy, however, it all too often backfires. (10 words)
His attempts to hide in England as a literature professor backfires, as the "eat-the-rich" serial killer knows his history and has been trying to kill people inside Joe's elite inner circle. (34 words)
When an attempt to suppress her emotions tragically backfires, a mysterious figure punishes Arabella with a curse, dooming her and everyone she cares about, trapping them in the castle. (29 words)
Lando's use of Drebble's name backfires when the alliance hears how much trouble "Drebble" has been causing the Empire, and orders Lando to find and decorate him. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
As a result, June's campaign backfires spectacularly in Fear The Walking Dead season 8. By the end of "Blue Jay," Shrike has returned.
As was the case in the 2022 elections, it will likely be up to younger Americans to decide whether that gamble backfires.
His attempts to hide in England as a literature professor backfires, as the "eat-the-rich" serial killer knows his history and has been trying to kill people inside Joe's elite inner circle.
However, this often backfires," Alatalu said.
However, when that backfires and he begins to connect with Ellie, we see the power and consequences of love.
Then, their returns often stagnate, or worse, the "algorithm" or other trading mechanism backfires because the market stops working the way it used to.
A group of teenagers find themselves in trouble when their risky endeavor backfires.
Fire crews were knocking down brush by setting backfires and running hose lines but this was much more than a 'controlled' burn.
The point is to burst their attitudes, but the scheme backfires.
Unfortunately, this backfires when Denzel accuses them of talking about him behind his back, and Yolande is left having to find a new tactic.
When an attempt to suppress her emotions tragically backfires, a mysterious figure punishes Arabella with a curse, dooming her and everyone she cares about, trapping them in the castle.
Firefighters worked to control the spread of the Blue Ridge Fire by lighting backfires near homes in Butterfield Ranch, Orange County.
By 1968 you can't say "nigger"—that hurts you, backfires.
By 1968 you can’t say “nigger”—that hurts you, backfires.
Yet based on their research, that approach backfires because the overall revenues are unchanged.
As a public policy, however, it all too often backfires.
Sometimes women use indirect intimidation to protect friendships; yet such intimidation eventually backfires, destroying not only friendships, but sometimes self-esteem and self-confidence.
Spoilers reveal that another one of her plans backfires.
Lando's use of Drebble's name backfires when the alliance hears how much trouble "Drebble" has been causing the Empire, and orders Lando to find and decorate him.
The plan backfires as the virus itself has its own bug which sends large amounts of money to the account prematurely.
Common combinations with backfires
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: