Crossword-Solution: ABACK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Aback | adv. | Toward the back or rear; backward. |
| Aback | adv. | Behind; in the rear. |
| Aback | adv. | Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind. |
| Aback | n. | An abacus. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTAEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ABACK (5)
Miles was taken aback by the warm reception, but since he was so important to Homosoto, it was only fitting to be treated with respect.
But as yet he was not angry, only surprised, taken all aback by the suddenness of Marcus Schouler's outbreak as well as by its unreasonableness.
Now he rode up the wall, and at the topmost of it turned and looked aback on the blue country which he had ridden through stretching many a league below, and tried if he could pick out Upmeads from amongst the diverse wealth of the summer land: but Upmeads Water was hidden, and he could see nothing to be sure of to tell him whereabouts the High House stood; yet he deemed that he could make out the Debateable Wood and the hills behind it well enough.
Simon sprang aback, but held up his sword-point, and Christopher, not yet fully awake, cried out: "What wouldst thou? What is it?" Simon answered, stammering and all abashed: "Didst thou not hear then? it wakened me." "I heard nought," said Christopher; "what was it?" "Horses going in the wood," said Simon "Ah, yea," said Christopher, "it will have been the wild colts and the mares; they harbour about these marsh-land parts.
Substantially taken aback but firm in his resolution, the doctor decided to take his offer directly to the natives.
Quotes with ABACK (3)
But I have to confess, I'm glad you two had at least a few months of happiness together." I'm not glad," says Peeta. "I wish we had waited until the whole thing was done officially." This takes even Caesar aback. "Surely even a brief time is better than no time?" Maybe I'd think that, too, Caesar," says Peeta bitterly, "If it weren't for the baby.
Who're you going with, then?" said Ron." Angelina," said Fred promptly, without a trace of embarrassment." What?" said Ron, taken aback. "You've already asked her?""Good point," said Fred. He turned his head and called across the common room, "Oi! Angelina!" Angelina, who had been chatting with Alicia Spinnet near the fire, looked over at him." What?" She called back." Want to come to the ball with me?" Angelina gave Fred a sort of appraising look." All right, then," she said…
We tend to be taken aback by the thought that God could be angry. how can a deity who is perfect and loving ever be angry?... We take pride in our tolerance of the excesses of others. So what is God's problem?... But love detests what destroys the beloved. Real love stands against the deception, the lie, the sin that destroys. Nearly a century ago the theologian E.H. Glifford wrote: 'Human love here offers a true analogy: the more a father loves his son, the more he hates in …
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 110 times in crossword archives (1953–2024).