back to the wall
Example Sentences
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"I very much had my back to the wall," he said.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
He quickly peels the banana and nonchalantly eats it while the camera rolls, before taping the peel back to the wall.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2023
Now she had her back to the wall.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2023
“Once I saw him running back to the wall, I was thinking in my head, ‘Oh, please just don’t catch it, just don’t catch it.’”
From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2022
We have to get out of the carts so we can roll them back to the wall and start over.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
