Noun : a backslide from his early training. From Dictionary.com.
But then he came to Italy, made a new start, and backslid to Waldensianism. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
He seemed so satisfactory, then he backslid and came into the meeting drunk. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"] Reference
Once my dog backslid, but that was because something was the matter with its leg. From Wordnik.com. [Why we don't talk about Barack Obama 'like a dog'] Reference
We were approved for this funding, right at the exact moment the economy backslid. From Wordnik.com. [Talking with Steve Sugarman of International Humanities Center] Reference
That every time I have backslid or created havoc in my life, I have ignored one of these three. From Wordnik.com. [Gita and Synechoche] Reference
After a soaring early winter, they lost altitude and backslid into Same Old Knicks-type torpor. From Wordnik.com. [Buzz Not All There for Knicks-Heat II] Reference
In everything connected to the automobile we have backslid since the seventies since I wrote Ecotopia. From Wordnik.com. [Harvey Wasserman: A Green-Powered Trip to Eco-Solartopia] Reference
"I think we made progress, then we backslid, then we made some more progress" in North Korea, she says. From Wordnik.com. [The Hillary Doctrine] Reference
For me, Dollhouse did not maintain its momentumin week 2but instead backslid with a mediocre “Instinct”. From Wordnik.com. [BSC Round-up: Oct. 11, 2009] Reference
Meanwhile, it's been pretty much an equal opportunity recession in the NBA, where the majority of teams backslid. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Valuable Teams In Sports] Reference
I have backslid the worst way, and it is going to take me. From Wordnik.com. [The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883] Reference
Says Aquino: "It's as if we've backslid to the days of Marcos.". From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
They either have stayed about the same, washed out or backslid. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
She's showed signs of life lately, but then backslid in Canada. From Wordnik.com. [SI.com] Reference
Kentucky may have backslid into yet another Music City Bowl berth. From Wordnik.com. Reference
After a few months he backslid, but was reclaimed in Newfield in 1857. From Wordnik.com. [Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.] Reference
Maybe it'll help some, a prayer for a poor old sinner that's backslid. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance] Reference
The audience didn't quite know what to think, and backslid into apathy. From Wordnik.com. [All Stories | The New York Observer] Reference
You are still one of His children if you were Born Again, just backslid. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Indeed, with the current president, it seems to have backslid to the 7th century. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
There's my Viney, she's been a perfesser nigh upodn five year, and haidn't backslid yit. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Gift. A Novel.] Reference
Today, alas, Otto backslid. 4: 10 became 4: 15, which became 4: 20 and still, no bus, no K3. From Wordnik.com. [newsobserver.com blogs] Reference
Nolan replaces Paul Pasqualoni, fired after the Miami defense backslid in his second season. From Wordnik.com. [Brownsville Herald :] Reference
Air, some of Paolo Bacigalupi's short stories -- but McDonald himself seems to have backslid. From Wordnik.com. [Asking the Wrong Questions] Reference
I know its not usually his arena but he should have been more vocal to the backslid ... sorry MP's. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
I have got the first out-and-out orthodox Methodist feeling of being backslid I ever had in my life. From Wordnik.com. [A Circuit Rider's Wife] Reference
Lots of work hitting me at the weekend means I've backslid back to the point of putting sugar on my weetabix. From Wordnik.com. [The Goldfish Chronicles] Reference
Seemed that in the heat of battle in the 2nd half, we backslid into old habits -- and the YAC went up accordingly. From Wordnik.com. [Anderson Independent Mail Stories] Reference
NBA Finals in '09, backslid against Boston last postseason but figured, hey, the Celtics have to get old sometime. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
‘I’ve backslid,’ I says, ‘and the grade’s too hot for me.’. From Wordnik.com. [Died in the Wool]
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