backslide
verb (used without object)
to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or undesirable activities.
had backslidden
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past perfectof backslide.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She did not acknowledge that she had backslidden.
From The Higher Court by Mary Stewart Daggett
He had backslidden, slackened in the use of the means of grace, run after the things of this world.
From Tales of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
If we did, everybody reckoned that they had backslidden.
From The First Soprano by Mary Hitchcock
Stinging resolutions from the back counties were wired to members who had backslidden.
From The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine
One day about the middle of the meeting this young man came to the altar, and when asked what was the trouble he said that he had backslidden.
From Heart Talks by Charles Wesley Naylor
