Sentences with backlash
back·lash
B b - ...the male backlash against feminism.
- A public backlash against the government is inevitable
- Of course, there are a growing number of wine drinkers that are saying “ABC” or “Anything But Chardonnay” a backlash to the prevalence of the wine.
- Every couple of years or so there is an ugly backlash against l'anglophonie that crops up like a nasty patch of herpes simplex.
- Because the rolling elements are under constant preload, the roller drive is not subject to backlash when torque is suddenly removed or reversed.The amount of backlash in the steering made it difficult to control the vehicle on the bends in the narrow streets.There was so much backlash in the gearbox of the old car that it was difficult to change gear.
- Most backlash damage is done when gears stop rotating in one direction and start rotating in the opposite direction.If one gear moves and the other is stationary, there is a backlash, but if both gears move simultaneously, there is no backlash.Backlash occurs when the slack in a system of gears causes the gears to start to turn in the opposite direction.
- The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
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- A backlash of angry feeling among Southern conservatives within the party.