Sentence examples for backtrack from this from inspiring English sources

However, there were strong disagreements about the extent to which converts could continue to perform rituals to the emperor, Confucius, or their ancestors: Ricci had been very accommodating and an attempt by his successors to backtrack from this policy led to the Nanjing Incident of 1616, which exiled four Jesuits to Macao and forced the others out of public life for six years.

The British debate followed the announcement on October 3rd by Sweden's new government that it was ready to recognise Palestine as a state (though it seems to have backtracked from this since then).

Before Judge Koeltl ruled, Ms. Stewart tried to backtrack from those statements.

Both sides are now trying to backtrack from the idea that the new sponsors are pushing for the inclusion of American writers.

Meanwhile, in an interview Friday with ESPN, Jets running back Thomas Jones appeared to backtrack from the critical comments he made of Brett Favre earlier in the week.

Payne once again had to backtrack from those comments, but in reality, he was in many ways right.

Perhaps he was just wrong, or maybe he was feeling some pressure from important PC partners to backtrack from the statement — who knows.

"I think this is probably the first physiological model for... a mechanism in the brain that lets you backtrack from the goal to the steps that led you there".

Two things we can be sure of: Whoever emerges from the bloodbath of the GOP contest will try and backtrack from the birth control extremism of the primary.

And we will never backtrack from our goal, which is toppling this regime.

And if early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire give him the momentum to wrap up the nomination quickly, why wouldn't this deceptively canny operator spend six months backtracking from the doolally and softening his tone to target disaffected independents and Democrats?