Example Sentences

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“You fear that lacking the stimulus, lacking seeing the faces, lacking the experience, she will backslide and she will lose awareness,” Mr. Jacoby, 72, said.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Barring a new, completely unforeseen development, experts do not anticipate California will backslide to any degree similar to the state’s previous three pandemic surges.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2021

Unless he is in some way awakened, he will backslide.

From How to Live a Holy Life by Orr, Charles Ebert