How to Use get back in a Sentence

get back

verb
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  • Just fell off the bike and wouldn’t ever be able to get back on?
    — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 2 June 2024
  • The Panthers didn’t want to just get back to the playoffs or just reach the Stanley Cup Finals.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 June 2024
  • Guyer head coach Keith Medford said his team fought through the haters and naysayers to get back to grandest stage in high school softball.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2024
  • Bee journalists will review your application, do additional research and get back in touch with you.
    — Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
  • Far from a diminishing return, Timeless is the sound of a master getting back into the groove and finding his muse burning bright as ever.
    — Daniel Bromfield, SPIN, 7 June 2024
  • Newmark is among many instructors around the country itching to get back into the classroom to debrief their students on the blur of textbook-worthy events that transpired this month.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
  • Supposedly, the federal government will investigate itself and get back to us.
    — Ron Hart, Orange County Register, 16 July 2024
  • Cabello opened up about getting back together with exes on a 2024 episode of Call Her Daddy.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 15 July 2024
  • Now stop with this heal up and get back on the road with us.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Bichette was 30 feet down the line and couldn’t get back in time to tag up.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The pressure is on for the House to get back to business.
    — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Take the hill up in the direction of the park to get back to the parking lot.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The rest of the movie hangs on whether the couple will get back together.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Momeni then tossed the knife, got back in his car and sped away.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Floor would be getting in via the wild card and getting back to the NLDS.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Just make sure to get back onboard by 3:30 p.m. to take the return trip.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Then Morales got back in the cart to look for another life to save.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Coots managed to get back to shore, but his leg was gone.
    — Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In the interim, there will be a need to get back to Europe.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Shaquille O'Neal wasted no time getting back in the gym.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Abubakar did the dirty work required to ensure Klauss wouldn’t get back on that path.
    — Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 19 June 2024
  • She’s made a few visits to see her, and my niece gets back home often.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
  • After the hair mishap, both teams laughed off the situation and got back to the grind.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • How long until film and TV shows get back up and running?
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
  • That didn't stop him from encouraging Rush to get back on the road.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The deputy shouts orders them to get back multiple times.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The Aztecs won, then got back on the 19-seat plane for the flight home with a midnight refueling stop.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Still, Pryor is clearly eager to get back on the field.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Any player worth their salt (Keane, Vidic, Rio, Stam…and me!) would have told him where to go & to get back in his goal.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Houston will look to get back to .500 on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 4 Apr. 2023

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