Sentences with phrase «only backpedals»

Sue never seems like she's truly sorry about what she did to Carrie, and only backpedals into remorse when she thinks people will reward her for being so selfless.
He's only backpedaling and calling for civility now because he took an ass whooping on national television.
Standard walking speed is about the same as an old lady who complains about the weather a lot, and you can only backpedal at a snail's pace, which feels odd in a game involving melee combat, although said combat is utterly imprecise and has about as much sense of impact as two snails colliding, with just as much finesse.

Not exact matches

Target's not the only chain that's entered a new market only to backpedal a bit.
Whenever the text turns apocalyptic, as it does this week, there would seem to be only two choices: either take it literally and join the lucrative doomsday machine of late - night, splendidly coifed Christian psychics, or begin your best apologetic backpedaling — cheered on by Bishop John Spong.
The out - of - position goalkeeper backpedalled in an attempt to stop the whipped effort, but could only carry it over the line.
The bureaucrats backpedaled only after the D&C published one of the most scathing editorials I have ever seen in a daily newspaper, one in which the paper's editorial board proclaimed that the state bureaucrat who shipped off the redacted documents gave the paper «his middle finger.
But in R.I.P.D. backpedaling while holding the trigger is really the only viable option, because strafing is slow, the dodge is useless and the melee makes your character come to a grinding halt in order to deliver the slowest strike in the history of the entire God - damn world.
I feel like I'm very late to your review party since I've only been a part of this site for a short time, but I'll definitely do some backpedaling through your site to read some of these in the future.
Japan has not only failed on both counts, but has backpedaled so far that it has become the climate laughing - stock of the world.
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