Refine this word faster
Backfire
"Backfire" in a Sentence (16 examples)
Tom thinks the plan may backfire.
Tom thought he heard a car backfire.
I heard a car backfire.
I think it'll backfire.
Tom thought that he heard a car backfire.
Tom thinks that the plan may backfire.
Mary thought she heard a car backfire.
He thought he heard a car backfire.
She thought she heard a car backfire.
This could backfire.
Show 6 more sentences
As much of Seattle tries to sleep, the Hellcat supercar goes on the prowl, the howls of its engine and the explosive backfires from its tailpipes echoing off the high-rise towers downtown.
The chief causes of rectifier backfiring in the Glasgow units were overheating or unfavourable anode/cathode temperature differential; it has proved possible to overcome these, although occasional backfires do still occur.
It was just after the Biafran war, and all the local people were still jumpy. Any time a car backfired or a police siren howled, they would dive under desks or tables instinctively.
His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars backfired horribly when fuel prices tripled.
Her plan backfired on her.
Obsessed only with cost, 'Sir Humphrey' saw that Transport for London 'got away' with ticket office closures on the Tube with only minor public pushback and miscalculated that it could do the same on the national network. This assumption backfired spectacularly.
See also for "backfire"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Unscramble this word: backfire