Sentence examples for were the backbone of from inspiring English sources

They were the backbone of the paper".

We were the backbone of those shows".

Years ago, criteriums were the backbone of American bike racing.

Such tribes were the backbone of Mr. Hussein's government.

"They were the backbone of our entire treatment," Roy said.

"And ethnic groups were the backbone of a lot this stuff".

The three were the backbone of the game: Center back, center midfielder and striker — a straight axis to the goal.

He said that banks were the "backbone" of the economy and that bonuses were necessary because "talent is highly mobile".

Whatever else we sang around the kitchen tables of north London, Irish protest songs were the backbone of the evenings.

We are supposed to be the backbone of the intelligentsia".

"He is the backbone of our club".