How to Use write back in a Sentence

write back

phrasal verb

• Barbara didn’t write back, though the letter did make her smile.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
• McCombs wrote back and asked for a copy of Bond’s affidavit, which the reporter sent.
  — Thomas Lake, CNN, 30 May 2023
• Advertisement What the letters have in common is that no one bothered to write back.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
• Enamorado wrote back that Acevedo had also asked for the video to be taken down.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• And Blume took their fan mail seriously, writing back to her readers.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
• Amalfitano said his neighbor held onto the egg for 50 years, without bothering to find Foss or write back.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
• Twenty-five years ago, a deacon at Schrappen's church outside St. Louis handed her a letter from a prisoner who had written the diocese hoping that someone would write back.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2023
• When our American Inequality article about inequalities in life expectancy made its way around the web, many wrote back saying that quantity of years wasn’t everything—quality was hugely important.
  — Jeremy Ney, Time, 7 Aug. 2023
• When Terrie complained later to the state, an official wrote back saying the facility operators acted appropriately.
  — Bianca Bagnarelli, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024