Examples of backspin in a Sentence
put backspin on the ball
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The backspin pop-ups landing behind the mound were just as many.
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Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
And that's before topspin or backspin is factored in.
—New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2026
There is the picturesque right-handed swing that produces effortless backspin.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Your grip on information slips as Mercury backspins.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
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Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
And that's before topspin or backspin is factored in.
—New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2026
There is the picturesque right-handed swing that produces effortless backspin.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Your grip on information slips as Mercury backspins.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Backspin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backspin. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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backspin
noun
back·spin
-ˌspin 
: a backward spinning motion of a ball
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