Sentence examples for pin back from inspiring English sources
verb
To keep at a distance
I grabbed the badge, and turned its vicious pin back on her.
The drone strikes allow the United States to pin back AQAP, but not defeat it.
He got the boy to put the pin back into the grenade.
Mervyn is expected to get his fraternity pin back from another girl and give it to her.
She declines, but finds herself tempted — and she can't help but notice that the orthodontist might benefit from otoplasty to pin back his ears.
Frears put the pin back in the grenade, as it were; when was the last time you experienced that in a cinema?
This time, Park Ji-sung was stationed wide left and it was felt he could not only pin back Alves, but also exploit the Brazilian's defensive frailties.
I imagine anyone who wants him to play in Australia didn't see his 'please pin back my stumps' stance to the quicks.
Because you are sticking the bobby-pin back into your mouth, this step is especially important.
"Some people collect pin-back buttons," he added.
Pin-back buttons with his face and oversized photographs fill their homes and offices; they call one another on his birthday.
