How to Use back burner in a Sentence

back burner

noun

• Projects put on the back burner may also be of interest at this time.
  — Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 17 July 2024
• After that, the idea of us getting married went on the back burner.
  — Abby, Houston Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018
• Just like that, Harper-to-the-Bombers has hit the back burner.
  — Mike Mazzeo, baltimoresun.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• The same applies to projects or endeavors left on the sidelines and the back burner.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 7 May 2024
• Benching is when someone keeps a potential partner on the romantic back burner.
  — De Elizabeth, Allure, 22 Mar. 2018
• Trump never put forth a proposal, and his party set out to tackle health care and taxes first, pushing infrastructure to the back burner.
  — Jane C. Timm, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2017
• This is the time of the year when some broadcast channels put shows on the back burner as viewers pay more attention to the holidays than watching television, or so the thinking goes.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2017
• But oil and gas exploration will continue on the back burner, which could make the region’s current oil production levels unsustainable in coming years.
  — Collin Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2018
• The memo prompted an outpouring of eye rolls and outrage on social media and the bill — HB 5416 — has been placed on the back burner.
  — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2018
• But the Trump administration announced in July that it would be put on the back burner, and reaffirmed the decision in December.
  — Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2018
• None is quite ready to move from the back burner to the front burner.
  — Dave Itzkoff, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• The show’s high points pushed thoughts of the pandemic to the back burner.
  — Dallas News, 28 Oct. 2020
• For five weeks, Rongstad placed her life on the back burner.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2022
• If the latter's the case, put the purchase on the back burner for the time being.
  — Mia Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2021
• Amid the fallout, Netflix put the Smith movie Fast and Loose on the back burner.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2022
• Most of these races have spent much of the election cycle on the back burner.
  — Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2018
• School’s out, work’s on the back burner, the sun is warm, the water or the desert or the mountains beckon.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
• With the Leonard issue briefly shifted to the back burner Thursday, the Spurs used the draft’s No.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2018
• The first year of my daughter’s life is a reason my body is on the back burner.
  — Sara Gaynes Levy, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2020
• Now, that's on the back burner as the district fast-tracks plans for a K-12 online school.
  — Erin Golden, Star Tribune, 16 Feb. 2021
• But the Navy had other plans, and after a few months of test flights, the service put the X-47B on the back burner.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2019
• That addition at one time had a grant that fell through, and the plan was put on the back burner.
  — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• Put disputes on the back burner rather than putting your foot down.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2020
• After months on the back burner, the bribery case against Chicago Ald.
  — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• The subject of divorce now is well and truly on the back burner.
  — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
• Plans to unveil more in new cities remain on the back burner for now.
  — John Kell, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2021
• But this all gets put on the back burner by the end of the episode, when Ben once again turns up dead—for real this time.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 10 Aug. 2023
• Good luck finding the center’s new Hall of Fame that was promised a few years ago: on the back burner.
  — Michael Cooper, New York Times, 1 July 2018
• Take on learning a new skill that has been sitting on the back burner.
  — Mark Nevins, Forbes, 13 May 2022
• Parks in Hells Canyon could be put on the back burner for the first campouts or fishing trips this spring.
  — Pete Zimowsky, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024