Sentence examples for sliding it back from inspiring English sources

"We feel they have mitigated the appearance by adding the plantings and sliding it back against the hill," said the commission's president, Jean Parker Phifer.

"Thanks all the same," said DCI Capes, sliding it back across the table, "but I'm not really a comedy fan myself.

(Mr. Seyfried's ancestors owned one such house -- with a tobacco shop on the ground floor -- in Williamsburg in 1848, sliding it back to accommodate a tenement later in the century).

One was trained to do breathing exercises daily, while the other did 30 minutes of throat exercises, including swallowing and chewing motions, placing the tip of the tongue against the front of the palate and sliding it back, and pronouncing certain vowels quickly and continuously.

We discussed the Modo's tactile quality: you don't just click it open or snap it shut, but really have to engage with it in a physical way, stretching the rubber tongue toggle thing into place or sliding it back out again with your thumb.

It showed all four players, as well as the table paraphernalia of modern tournament bridge: four bidding boxes (containing each player's pre-printed bidding cards); a felt-covered bidding tray (on which the players place bidding cards before sliding it back under the screen); and a plastic duplicate board (a flat, rectangular box in which four pre-dealt hands have been delivered to the table).

He slid it back to the poisoned square.

She crossed out the stock options, doubled the salary and slid it back.

She closed the book with a snap and slid it back on the shelf.

Her hand feels icy and slim, and she slides it back out of my grip almost immediately.

He put the cigarette out and slid it back into the pack, his fingers shaking with cold, before getting aboard.