Sentence examples for backs up against from inspiring English sources

I saw people itching their backs up against the bookshelves.

At restaurants, tables are often tightly lined up along the wall in such a way that some guests have their backs up against the wall.

After Buracão, we spend the night back in the park in the little town of Mucugê, whose residents in death show an appreciation for tombs built in 'Byzantine Gothic' style, a floodlit massive white cemetery that backs up against the layered cliffs.

He backs up against a pool table.

"We now have our backs up against the wall," he added.

OUTDOOR SPACE: A front porch faces 35th Street and a fenced-in backyard backs up against the Franklin Military Academy.

"So I walked over to where they were – they were backed up against the wall.

Failing that, they back up against a rock or a tree to fight.

"With your back up against the wall, you have no other alternative," he said.

"The C.E.O. has his back up against the wall more than it's been in the past.

There is clear operatic potential in a woman who turns homicidal when she has her back up against the wall.