backslide
verb (used without object)
to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or undesirable activities.
backslid
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past tense formof backslide.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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But with ChatGPT, I backslid into all talking and very little listening, because with AI, you don’t really have to listen with much care, and you can absolutely make everything about you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
They also backslid in losing six of eight before the break.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom allocated more than $5 billion of his $15-billion climate package toward drought response and water resilience — but in the same month, Californians backslid in their efforts to conserve water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
Also that decade, allied countries accounted for only 5 percent of global decreases — they backslid very little.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
I's jined up wid de chu'ch when I was sixteen, but now I aims to git backslid back enough to take de road what leads into dis rabbi place.
From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley
