Backslides is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Backslides meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of backslide
Using Backslides
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of backslide
- In the example corpus, backslides often appears in combinations such as: backslides in.
Context around Backslides
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Backslides
- In this selection, "backslides" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stereo and nonsensical stand out and add context to how "backslides" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include any nonsensical backslides in character and if trump backslides in his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "backslides" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with backslides
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Kassidy and Quen caught Matthew and Nicholas with stereo backslides for a near fall. (14 words)
If Trump backslides in his public utterances, or gets baited into saying who is and who is not a white supremacist, it will be his fault. (26 words)
As I welcome my prodigal brother Bharrat Jagdeo back into the Guyanese fold, I hope it is not short-lived, that he backslides into Exxon’s corner. (27 words)
Gone are the airy filler episodes of overlong seasons past; gone are any nonsensical backslides in character development meant to keep the story from burning itself out ahead of broadcast schedule. (31 words)
As I welcome my prodigal brother Bharrat Jagdeo back into the Guyanese fold, I hope it is not short-lived, that he backslides into Exxon’s corner. (27 words)
If Trump backslides in his public utterances, or gets baited into saying who is and who is not a white supremacist, it will be his fault. (26 words)
Example sentences (4)
As I welcome my prodigal brother Bharrat Jagdeo back into the Guyanese fold, I hope it is not short-lived, that he backslides into Exxon’s corner.
Kassidy and Quen caught Matthew and Nicholas with stereo backslides for a near fall.
Gone are the airy filler episodes of overlong seasons past; gone are any nonsensical backslides in character development meant to keep the story from burning itself out ahead of broadcast schedule.
If Trump backslides in his public utterances, or gets baited into saying who is and who is not a white supremacist, it will be his fault.
Common combinations with backslides
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- backslides in 2×