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Meanings of rear back in English

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Usage of rear back in English
1
Sturm's two-handed blade bit, causing the slug to rear back in pain.
Dragons of autumn twilight
2
I rear back, slamming into the wall beside my cot.
Ice Like Fire
3
He was just about to rear back with his weapon when he realized it was Alec.
The Kill Order
4
As he spoke, he was leaning into the wardrobe and tugging the wooden rear back into position.
Perdido Street Station
5
Avery craned his head, but the first column of numbers, so shockingly high, made him rear back.
Commuters: a novel
6
Roger looked back, saw the deranged UPS man rear back to swing the shovel at the broken window again.
The strain
7
One hand will fly to cover her eyes, and her head will rear back and twist away from you.
Haunted: a novel of stories
8
I look closer and then rear back when I see that it's a tiny baby curled up into a ball.
Arcadia falls
9
May I be struck dead if I didn't just rear back and howl my head off at those crazy clucks.
The Sorrows of a Show Girl: A Story of the Great "White Way"
10
I knew it was you. Her voice is so full of rage and pain I rear back like she's hit me.
Before I fall
11
Ban's rocker creaked timidly, like he thought the porch might rear back and bite if he came down on it too hard.
The well and the mine
12
He reared back for a second thrust when the Devils rushed in.
The Child Thief
13
He reared back, fist balled, loading his weight onto his back foot.
Wild Storm
14
He reared back, practically laying the upper third of his body horizontal.
The Andalite Chronicles
15
Opal reared back through the air, as though taken by the wind.
Artemis Fowl: the time paradox
16
The van jerked in reverse until its rear backed into the unit.
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