cast back
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Millions of people were evacuated, as minds cast back to the devastating tsunami of Boxing Day 2004 in the Indian Ocean and Japan 2011, both triggered by similarly large earthquakes.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
Cooke, the director, has pared the cast back to three actors, with Levey and the female lead, Sharon Small, deftly playing multiple roles.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
In the meantime, many Bucha residents have been cast back into the 19th century, drawing water from wells, lighting candles at night and cooking outside on campfires, staring into the flames.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2022
And most of the book starts from 2016 forward, but there's a chapter at the beginning that cast back a little bit.
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2021
He cast back his cloak, flashed out his sword, and the silver and sable of Gondor gleamed on him as he rode forward.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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