Sentence examples for pushed us back from inspiring English sources

"Wars in the past have pushed us back," he said.

"We'd push forward and the enemy pushed us back.

It "would have pushed us back to the Stone Age," Mr. Levitt said.

While this new stage of development may have pushed us back, that's not actually a terrible thing, he suggests.

"We had to shift here because the land was moving and pushed us back," he says, standing in one of many gullies that threatens the new village.

"They would gladly let Russia follow the Yugoslav scenario of disintegration and dismemberment….It did not work, just as it did not work for Hitler…who set out to destroy Russia and pushed us back beyond the Urals.

It would push us back into recession.

"They're going to want to push us back.

Instead, she said, "the loss is pushing us back — we will have to buy food".

Does that mean a major disruption of Middle East oil couldn't push us back to $147 oil?

"The story is not over, they're going to want to push us back.