Sentence examples for backtracking when from inspiring English sources

Tameera added that the officer "began backtracking" when Alysha pulled out her phone to record the interaction.

He chastised his own fans in 1992 – later backtracking – when they booed Adam Oates following Oates' trade request, calling them "losers" and stating he wanted to rip one particular fan's head off.

But he backtracked when hawks in the army and press advised against it.

Mr. Kan then worsened the situation by seeming to waffle and backtrack when the increase proved unpopular.

Ford initially denied the allegations but backtracked when the recording was located by the Toronto police months later.

Ankara then started to covertly arm radical elements of the opposition, only to backtrack when it realized it risked nurturing an Al Qaeda-style movement in its own backyard.

It was thus inconvenient to have to backtrack when Hitler invaded Russia in 1941, and Germany suddenly became an enemy worth fighting.

ITV at first had no plans to make a second series but backtracked when up to 13 million viewers tuned in.

The Global Times, which is owned by the official Communist party People's Daily newspaper, appeared to backtrack when it later published a complimentary piece about the prime minister.

In the 1970s, NASA added sherry to the menu for astronauts on the Skylab space station, but backtracked when letters of outrage arrived.

But in the evening, Secretary Powell appeared to backtrack when he clarified his statement into something more palatable to the Israelis.