Sentence examples for split down the back from inspiring English sources
AS Bernard Adler crouched down to plug in his sewing machine, his light blue pants split down the back.
At the end of the show, after nearly three dozen black outfits punctuated by a white felt peacoat, a group of models appeared in searing red — a balmacaan, a sleeveless trench, a cape — all split down the back to reveal a pink lining underneath.
The pair could not be split down the back straight as Berdych held out under occasional pressure from Tipsarevic before a dramatic tie-break.
Another lyric set to absurdly ceremonious music is "Votre habit a craqué dans le dos" ("Your coat has split down the back") in La vie parisienne.
The hard protective shell will split down the back and the crayfish will emerge.
Are you somehow split down the middle?
When growth is complete, the nymphal skin splits down the back and a winged form, called the subimago, or dun, emerges.
Shell the prawns and split them down the back with a large knife.
To grill the lobster, you split it down the back to scent the sweet white meat with fragrant wood smoke.
A cook at home will have an easier time with a thicker straight cut, what the French call a darne, split down to the skin and folded back like an open book.
More often than not, they would touch down from such feats in a split -- and not just any old kind either: a true balletic split, with the back as well as the front knees straightened.
