Backfired can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| backfire - come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" | ||
| backfire - emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time" | ||
| backfire - set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | verb | It backfired on me despite my good intentions. | |
| 2. | verb | He meddled where he wasn't wanted and it backfired on him. | |
| 3. | verb | Jackie's efforts to help homeless people backfired on her. | |
| 4. | verb | The joint-venture in Cambodia backfired. | |
| 5. | verb | The plan backfired on us and we lost a lot of money. | |
| 6. | verb | The plan backfired. | |
| 7. | verb | Unfortunately, the plan backfired. | |
| 8. | verb | If Tom hadn't tried to cheat - and had this attempt not backfired - he most probably would've won. | |
| 9. | verb | Sami's defense strategy backfired. | |
| 10. | verb | Sami's story backfired on him. | |
| 11. | verb | Sami's lies backfired on him. | |
| 12. | verb | His Fortnite profile backfired. | |
| 13. | verb | It backfired. | |
| 14. | verb | The attempt to contain the spread of the virus backfired, as 542 people became infected, making it the largest cluster of confirmed cases outside of China. | |
| 15. | verb | It has backfired. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| It backfired on me despite my good intentions. | |
| He meddled where he wasn't wanted and it backfired on him. | |
| Jackie's efforts to help homeless people backfired on her. | |
| The joint-venture in Cambodia backfired. | |
| The plan backfired on us and we lost a lot of money. | |
| The plan backfired. | |
| Unfortunately, the plan backfired. | |
| If Tom hadn't tried to cheat - and had this attempt not backfired - he most probably would've won. | |
| Sami's defense strategy backfired. | |
| Sami's story backfired on him. | |
| Sami's lies backfired on him. | |
| His Fortnite profile backfired. | |
| It backfired. | |
| The attempt to contain the spread of the virus backfired, as 542 people became infected, making it the largest cluster of confirmed cases outside of China. | |
| It has backfired. | |