Sentence examples for backfire against from inspiring English sources

Parent-to-parent confrontations can also backfire against the child.

"I think it's going to backfire against Ryanair in due course," Parker insists.

"In another way, it could backfire against him in Libya," Eljarh said.

And Mr. Pennacchio said that Mr. Unanue's candidacy could backfire against Republicans desperate to find another wealthy candidate.

There is even unease among senior figures in Ukip that it could backfire against Brexit according to BuzzFeed.

Yet after the veto, even some of the signatories are privately warning that it could backfire against Britain.

The decision to play all three together backfired against Jamaica.

As the testimony began, witness after witness backfired against the prosecution.

The negative campaign also backfired against the Clintons by alienating African American women.

But those fights were ultimately seen as backfiring against Republicans, especially given broad support for Planned Parenthood among suburban women.

The efforts by some religious leaders and anti-gay advocates to raise Ms. Parker's sexuality as an issue also backfired against Mr. Locke.