Sentence examples for hanging back out from inspiring English sources

A handful of other journalists and I had camped outside Basra for days, hanging back out of range of the mortars that puffed in the dry, empty land.

In our view the governor can be credited, not criticized, for hanging back out of a desire not to be presumptuous.

Casually, he reached his arms around the edge of the wooden platform -- to do this, one must traverse the final six feet by climbing out and around the edge, hanging back out over empty space at a 25-degree angle -- and pulled himself on top.

Ali wore Foreman out, hanging back with the "rope a dope" strategy Ali undertook on his own, and he went on to win the bout.

So acclimatized are we to action flicks, and to onscreen conflicts teeming with soldiers, that it's refreshing to find a film that concentrates on hanging back and reversing out of harm's way.

He was hanging back, but when they brought out the butterflies — that's when things really started to pick up.

Naomi felt guilty that she'd hogged the floor; Mimi felt slighted- "It's typical of me," she said, "hanging back so sometimes I get left out"; and I felt terrible that I'd caused my sisters discomfort.

The villagers gathered, hanging back.

Consider hanging back from HGVs.

If you've had an old lawn chair or another piece of furniture you don't really need hanging out back there, it's time to throw it out.

They started hanging out back in New York, where they lived.