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
The lengthy point streak got them back in wild-card contention, but the Kraken backslid last week, in no small part because of injury and illness.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
And since that strong four-game introduction, he has quickly backslid in three outings since, finishing Thursday with a 10.80 ERA over that span.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Also that decade, allied countries accounted for only 5 percent of global decreases — they backslid very little.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
In one of the Southern States lived a lady who had at different times professed to be saved, but as often backslid.
From Heart Talks by Charles Wesley Naylor
