How to Use back-to-back in a Sentence

back-to-back

adjective or adverb
  • What was your body like after the back-to-back?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
  • Suter then gave up back-to-back hits as the Rays blew the game open.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
  • The back-to-back walkoff losses that followed.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026
  • He was also not allowed to play in both games of a back-to-back.
    — Riley Rourke, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • There were playoff games scheduled back-to-back.
    — Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • The club has now been held scoreless in back-to-back matches.
    — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Doing two healthy things back-to-back makes both more likely to stick.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • And the Dodgers, of course, are the back-to-back champs and the kings of the sport.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • So how many guys have ever robbed a grand slam and then hit a grand slam in back-to-back games?
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Stephon Castle hit the court on back-to-back dunk attempts.
    — ABC News, 22 May 2026
  • No team has won back-to-back titles in nearly 10 years.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 20 June 2026
  • Jokic is a back-to-back champ, and even Kendrick Perkins bows down.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026
  • James had back-to-back forty-one-point games to stave off elimination.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
  • Durant went on to win back-to-back championships.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026
  • The Sox found a way to bounce back after back-to-back walk-off losses.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Sundaram might see them on back-to-back days, then go three months without a sighting.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • By my math, the Broncos are facing the league’s best two teams back-to-back.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
  • Now to find a way to make sure the Warriors never have to play a back-to-back set.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • My back-to-back pizzas came out perfect at just about seven minutes each.
    — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The Sox suffered back-to-back walk-off losses to open the series.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • For the last three decades, no team has ever selected the last two picks of the draft back-to-back.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Englert escaped back-to-back one-out singles in the sixth inning.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2023
  • But back-to-back weather extremes are playing a major role.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
  • But getting rid of back-to-back games will do wonders to protect players’ health.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
  • Despite the back-to-back calls, fire units appeared to respond quickly to the house fire.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Now, Nawrocki and the Bearcats are on the quest for back-to-back state titles.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
  • While the Mets might want to paint a rosy picture after back-to-back wins, the team is far from fixed.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Vea is coming off back-to-back 50 pressure seasons.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • Feduccia and the Rays were robbed of back-to-back homers in the sixth by their own ballpark.
    — ABC News, 15 May 2026
  • He was pulled after giving up back-to-back hits with one out in the fourth to put runners on the corners.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026

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