backslide
verb (used without object)
to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or undesirable activities.
is backsliding
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present progressiveof backslide (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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She said: "This is backsliding and will raise alarm bells at the Federal Reserve."
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
If this summer’s theatrical blockbusters are to be believed, mainstream, big-budget filmmaking is backsliding at an unprecedented rate.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025
Yet even for experienced bikers, rider safety in Los Angeles is backsliding dangerously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
"There's a feeling that Labour is backsliding," says Ms Coningham, an 18-year-old who has just finished her A-levels.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2023
This is backsliding a good way from the position of Him who said, “Forbid him not: he that is not against us is with us.”
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke
