Sentence examples for stem back from inspiring English sources
The phrase "stem back" is correct and can be used in written English
It is generally used to mean "trace back," either literally or metaphorically. For example, you could say: "The family were able to stem back their geneology to the early 1600s."
Their troubles stem back to the financial collapse of 2008, when Jerry, 55, lost his job as a building contractor.
"Even in terms of Aboriginal identity, and people not knowing who they are or where they're from sometimes that can stem back to the massacres".
He paused, before saying: "I really believe that most of our problems stem back to having to live without the things that everybody in America is entitled to.
"The roots of some of the tricks that I did on the semi-finals stem back hundreds of years and I have adapted them and made them more modern for our public," he said.
The charges stem back to August 2006, before the bedding-tampering incident, and it's claimed that they are the reason for the band's US-visa problems, which caused them to cancel their North American tour.
The problems stem back to 2003 when the mobilisation of the Muslim community into mainstream politics was initially celebrated as an unexpected windfall of the international crisis over Iraq.
I think it all stems back to an in-built sense of the romantic.
It probably stems back to those adolescent days seducing women with his mock Monets.
Adore stems back to Beth's obsessive childhood anxiety at the prospect of becoming, in her words, a loser.
Apparently they were one of the best teams United had - but it really stems back to the crash in '58.
This stemmed back to their meeting in Russia last year which was marred by racist chanting at Toure.
