How to Use kickback in a Sentence

kickback

1 of 2 noun

• Several company executives were accused of accepting kickbacks.
• This isn’t a kickback scheme to build a bridge, or a state senator who’s gone into the tank for his local developer.
  — Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 26 Feb. 2018
• In reality, the shortlist is a longlist, designed for Amazon to get a second round of kickbacks, perks, and stunts.
  — Alex Shephard, New Republic, 19 Jan. 2018
• That is roughly eight years’ salary, but the bribe is judged worthwhile because a state pension is secure and the job comes with opportunities for kickbacks.
  — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
• Prosecutors said many of the patients didn’t need the drugs but only signed on because representatives of Grow’s company either paid their co-payments or paid them kickbacks.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• Beware the kickback zone, the top of the tip of the chainsaw bar.
  — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
• Just a staged kickback to shoot their look book in the early days of Born X Raised.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
• In Adler’s case much of the kickback was made in gold coins, according to court records in the case.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022
• Next, still standing on the left foot and squeezing the lacrosse ball, drive the right heel straight back for a kickback.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 5 Nov. 2021
• In the mix: bird-dogs to fire hydrants, squat hops, and plank rows to tricep kickbacks.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 11 July 2023
• Next, still standing on the left foot and squeezing the ball, drive your right heel straight back for a kickback.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health, 28 Jan. 2023
• Contractors who failed to pay a kickback were cut out of work.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2024
• The Globe was the first to report on alleged kickbacks and gifts Joyce had received in office.
  — Maria Cramer, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2018
• The fees were in fact kickback payments that Mr. Rivera then used to pay down the mortgage on his home, court papers said.
  — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021
• Some were less impressed with the kickback than others.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 2 June 2021
• Yet there’s enough kickback on the track to inspire rally hero fantasies.
  — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
• That year, he was transferred to San Diego to investigate bribery, kickbacks and fraud crimes against the Navy.
  — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
• Breathing in the charred bits of meat reminds you of a backyard kickback on a Saturday.
  — Julissa Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
• Nonetheless, the kickback swept in hard during the beginning months of 1986, and many of the complaints came from Black male artists and thinkers.
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 7 Jan. 2024
• Hospitals and others pay too much, pass the cost to you or your insurance and then take a kickback.
  — WSJ, 15 May 2018
• The first part of the move—the fire hydrant portion—will target your glute medius and minimus, and the kickback will engage your lower back, says Samuel.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 13 Feb. 2019
• Here are our suggestions for the perfect playlist at this year's Fourth of July kickbacks.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
• That includes moves like bird-dogs, fire hydrants, squat hops, plank rows, and tricep kickbacks.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 27 July 2023
• It’s paired with a live-edge timber headboard and mirrored kickback boards to give the illusion that the bed is floating.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 10 May 2024
• Santana wore three sets of plastic goggles to guard against the kickback of mud, and on Saturday just one might have sufficed.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2018
• Jonas and the others were accused of taking bribes and kickbacks from people seeking to do business with the city, as well as other crimes.
  — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Apr. 2018
• County jails receive a kickback on the profits from those inmate phone calls — which can add up to tens of thousands of dollars.
  — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
• In return, the vendors paid Ashton and his UAW accomplices bribes and kickbacks.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2019
• Once deployed, the start is smooth—forget the days of pulling a cord and receiving a significant kickback from your chainsaw.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2024
• In the eyes of many, the case has become a referendum on corrupt cops — a subject Bostonians know all too well after decades of police misconduct ranging from cover-ups to kickbacks.
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 3 July 2024

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kick back

2 of 2 verb

• I plan to spend the day kicking back and watching television.
• The trial kicked back off with Stormy Daniels back on the stand.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 9 May 2024
• Mike Dean is ready to kick back with a new project of his own.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 2 Sep. 2021
• There are plenty of shady spots to kick back and cool off.
  — Mindy Sink, The Denver Post, 13 June 2024
• Or to just kick back, soak in the starry heavens above, and just be.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
• Does your dad love to kick back with a beer and watch baseball games with you?
  — Rebecca Norris, USA TODAY, 12 May 2021
• Just grab a hot cup of dang good coffee, kick back and start from episode one of the O.G. series.
  — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 17 May 2021
• In one of the images, they can be seen kicking back in a room full of red roses.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 1 July 2024
• Sometimes [bears will] kick back and try to cover stuff up.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 12 July 2023
• Eras Tour will kick back up again in November with a few dates in Brazil.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• Mario worked as hard as anyone, but also knew how to kick back.
  — Greg Palkot, Fox News, 14 June 2023
• Take a break from art-peeping to lounge by the hotel’s sparkling pool, or kick back for a pedicure at the day spa.
  — Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
• After a long holiday season, the elf will want to kick back by the pool!
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 11 Nov. 2022
• There are plenty of ways to kick back, for just about any reason and in any season.
  — Nitya Rao, Seventeen, 20 July 2022
• As the blade vibrates, the skirted jig behind it kicks back and forth wildly.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• Choose from 23 colors in sizes S to XXL and kick back in total comfort on your next trip.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2023
• The group went to the bridge to enjoy some Modelos and kick back at the city’s newest attraction.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022
• How much better things would have been if time—eight or nine months, say—were set aside to knock off all the blather, kick back, chill.
  — Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
• McIlroy blasted a driver off the tee and found the rough in front of a small hill, though the ball kicked back to give him a more favorable lie.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• This way, the homeowners can kick back or push them together and set a tray on top to hold drinks or snacks.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
• Not everyone is going to kick back at the beach this summer.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
• Little attention has been given to those who fail and get kicked back to square one.
  — Lillian Perlmutter, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
• Some people kicked back on folding chairs while others cooked and sold food.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
• So kick back and scroll on for some of our favorite patio furniture sales of the moment.
  — Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2023
• Rain is likely to kick back in later in the afternoon as a cold front begins to drop into the area.
  — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2021
• Grab your swimsuit, sunglasses, sunscreen and a towel and kick back on the sands of the South Beach shoreline.
  — Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
• Extend your elbow to kick back, moving only at the joint.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023
• Afterward, head to the library and curl up with a book, or kick back on the loungers around the promenade deck while you people watch.
  — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2024
• This warm earthy tone envelops the upstairs den, fostering a cozy place to curl up with a good book and a cup of tea—or to kick back with a cocktail and spin some records.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2024
• The state’s many sporting camps and wilderness lodges afford visitors the opportunity to spend your days exploring the Maine woods or to just kick back and breathe in the fresh air.
  — Roger Sands, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024