How to Use get back in a Sentence

get back

verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • But getting back to full form may take up to five months, depending on the specifics of the injury.
    Allie Conti, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Cathedral Catholic got back in the game when Stevens hit Harrington for a 65-yard gain to the Brophy 7.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The model has also gotten back into the style world full-time.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
  • More great reads This ‘Top 100’ best chef wants Guatemala to get back to its Indigenous roots.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • So, get back to the kitchen table and start talking to the American people.
    ABC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Kind of getting back into the saddle and training camp.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 28 July 2023
  • The suspect then got back into his vehicle and drove off, leaving the toddler on the front steps of the wine store.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • In Illinois, Rod Blagojevich is still trying to get back in the game.
    Richard Fausset, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The trooper is heard repeating his commands to come toward him and not get back in the car.
    Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023

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