Sentence examples for to the wall from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

addressed to the wall

anchorage to the wall

disclosure to the wall

horizontally to the wall

to the corner

Idiom

Back to the wall.

If you have your back to the wall, you are in a difficult situation with very little room for manoeuvre.

Exact(58)

Balls to the Wall.

The New York Times

He glued it to the wall".

The New York Times

"I had him nailed to the wall".

The New Yorker

He was completely pushed to the wall".

The New Yorker

Absolved, face to the wall, alive only.

The New Yorker

Sit with your back to the wall.

The New York Times

There are clogs nailed to the wall.

The New York Times

He spoke to the wall.

The New Yorker

Debtors went to the wall.

The Guardian - Business

We couldn't attach anything to the wall.

The New York Times

We listen to the Wall Street analysts.

The Guardian

More suggestions(19)

to the cliff

to the berm

to the shell

to the street

to the lining

to the house

to the gate

to the mural

to the embankment

to the rampart

to the cladding

to the curtain

to the bulwark

to the bulkhead

to the facade

to the wail

to the mur

to the barricade

to the supplement

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