How to Use backlash in a Sentence

backlash

noun
  • So much for a post-strikes backlash against the streamers!
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2023
  • And Garth Brooks has something to say about the Bud Light backlash.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 June 2023
  • But the Antonoff backlash doesn’t get that right, either.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The San Diego backlash over a mileage tax may be just the beginning.
    IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The backlash appeared to have caught Bud Light by surprise.
    Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 31 May 2023
  • The show has prompted backlash and support from those on both sides of the issue.
    Jon Brown, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • On the other there were the people ticked off by the knowledge that there was any backlash at all.
    Richard Lawler, The Verge, 16 May 2024
  • In 2018, Wu opened up about backlash she's faced for dating non-Asian men.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
  • But by the 1980s, backlash to these goals was ascendant.
    Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The proposal has been met with strong backlash by Jordan and Egypt, as well as most of the Arab world.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Auburn’s hiring of Freeze came with its share of backlash from fans and outsiders alike.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 12 Feb. 2023
  • This time, the backlash against Biden’s buyback tax took me by surprise.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 7 Mar. 2023
  • With Wayne slamming the backlash against Belichick, some fans flipped his words against him.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
  • To be sure, there is little coherence to the backlash against EVs.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Will there be more outrage, protests and backlash on Oct. 7, less than a month out from Election Day?
    Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The results of those bans have already drawn an intense backlash of their own.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The move has prompted backlash from civil rights groups.
    Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The ensuing backlash wasn’t just the result of a rabid fan base.
    Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The backlash and cases like Cox’s raise a couple of key questions: Do pro-life laws change the culture?
    Nicole Russell, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Musk’s own attempts to respond to the backlash went poorly.
    Laura Bratton, Quartz, 5 June 2024
  • Some have posited that the tensions at Giant Rock may be fueled, in part, by the same kind of backlash.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
  • And nowhere has seen more backlash to date than little Bal Harbour.
    Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The release of the bulletin was met with backlash from soccer coaches.
    Nik Streng, oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The airline then walked back some of those changes after facing backlash.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Rogan also faced a backlash over his use of the N-word in older episodes of his podcast.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
  • But there has been a backlash in recent years against the groups, which tend to oppose big changes and ambitious projects.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The danger, though, is how intense the backlash is at the moment, especially against the elites and the technocrats.
    Patrick J. Deneen, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
  • Suddenly, Butch was caught at the center of mass backlash.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The video received backlash from the public, who condemned her act after it was posted online.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The move was met with immediate backlash from the European Union and Canada, both of which imposed their own tariffs.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025

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