Sentence examples for his backtracking from inspiring English sources

Grade: 6 Graham Zusi: Indispensible With two plays alone — his backtracking tackle deep down left wing on Andres Guardado in the first half and his 30-yard run to nick an open header off the head of Angel Reyna in the 72nd — Zusi made a case for man of the match honors.

However, many years later, in a brief autobiography he wrote for his grand­children, he referred to a high-school friendship that he would ''rather not talk about.'' He grew to be supportive of my sexuality and was gracious to my boyfriends, but his backtracking on his confession made me stop trusting him.

The actor/director also failed to earn much cred from the right, since his backtracking revealed him to be unable to withstand the triggered-lib outrage any savvy internet user could have foreseen.

And his subsequent comments that the White House and he were on the same page in condemning the communications that came out of the U.S. embassy in Egypt made his backtracking look even more pronounced.

In 2011, after Kyl made his false claim about Planned Parenthood, his office backtracked by saying his assertion was "not intended to be a factual statement".

His melodious backtracking and sweet-tea atmospherics, along with his catty eye for small-town social distinctions and his keen ear for fence-line gossip, imbue much of "Have You Heard" with a juicy charm.

Mr. Gore also had harsh words for Mr. Putin, saying that "I'm very troubled by his apparent backtracking" on the advances in press freedom, and on "his conduct in Chechnya".

On Russian president Vladimir Putin -- A. I am very troubled by his apparent backtracking on press freedom for Russia in the postcommunist era.

Unfortunately, it was followed by a statement on Saturday that gave the perception he was qualifying his remarks, backtracking.

First was the bogus "surprise" cell phone call from his wife, Judi, as he addressed the not-so-friendly N.R.A. Now, his campaign backtracks from an oddly themed fund-raiser requesting donations of $9.11.

A month later, his manager backtracked, calling those announcements premature.