As he fell back, his face came in the full light of the moon, which streamed through the open door of the passage, and to my utter horror and bewilderment I saw that I had slain my father.
The heavy weapon struck him fairly between the eyes, and with a cry he fell back, his face completely smashed in by the blow, the sword which he held uplifted to strike flying far through the air.
It was, however, too great for them, and with vast loss the army fell back to its camp, King Richard raging like a wounded lion.
His men, shaken by the tremendous fire and deprived of their leader, fell back in confusion.
In the darkness, Wallenstein drew off his army and fell back to Leipzig, leaving behind him his colours and all his guns.
Meanwhile he fell back on Yussuf Bey of the Debres, whose escape when lately at Janina still rankled in his mind.
When he perceived him, Lorenzo dei Medici, reading in his marble brow the inflexibility of a statue, fell back on his bed, breathing a sigh so profound that one might have supposed it was his last.
Grenier drew back his wing to strengthen the centre, and Serrurier, preparing for retreat in case of disaster, fell back on Pozzo, where he awaited the enemy.
Forrest, however, fell back rapidly, and attacked the troops at Fort Pillow, a station for the protection of the navigation of the Mississippi River.
Johnston, finding his retreat likely to be cut off, fell back to his fortified position at Resaca, where he was attacked on the afternoon of May 15th.
A prey to the keenest emotion, hefell back in his chair, and while uttering bitter invectives against his servant, he tore his hair in real or feigned despair.
Having said these words, he fell back as if to make way for Mr. Fugger, the rich banker, who wished to offer his congratulations.
The stranger, as if perfectly satisfied with this intelligence, fell back in his chair, with a suppressed sigh, and listened in an agony of fear to the heavy footsteps on the staircase.
That night we fell back again, marching all night and all the next morning, until we reached the camping ground at the end of our first day's march from Grand Ecore.
The wounded men were brought in and placed in the best hospitals we could organize, and surgeons were left with them, with provisions, medicines, and supplies; and at daybreak we fell back to Grand Ecore.
He tried the pen upon the paper, but faintness suddenly seized him, and he fell back unconscious.
His breath failed him, he fell back, and lay quiet for several minutes.
We fell back now, and had to strip and wade Chickamauga river.
When we fell back, as the Yankee sharpshooters advanced, we left the poor old horse nipping the short, dry grass.
As I fell back, they were upon the right of us, they were upon the left of us, they were in front of us, they were in the rear of us.
Twenty tousand tyfels, but the voice was like de tunder--and his eye like de lightning--I fell back in one swoon.
It was the apparition of the murdered lad, and he fell back in a state of unconsciousness.
He fell back, wondering how he could so greatly have offended, when she put her hand on his sleeve.
He fell back wearily in his chair, while I stood astonished, wondering.
He fell back on the cushions as though he'd been hit--it all happened in a second.
Wid that I dropped my arm, fell back tu paces, an' saluted, for I saw that she mint fwhat she said.
Then he fell back, and the stupor held him till he died.
At the last the king ordered one of his squires to give a blow to the chief of them, named Heinin Vardd; and the squire took a broom and struck him on the head, so that he fell back in his seat.
And when the men came up, he fell back a second time, and betook him to flight.
These last words spoken, the king of the Geats, brave to seek danger and brave to look on death and Fate undaunted, fell back dead.
The audacious suitors, charmed into rationality, fell back, and the broken line re-formed.
With his hand at his mouth, and his story untold, he fell back.
He fell back to the wall and leaned against it, breathing heavily; into the space between us the past came thronging.
Slowly, as one man, and with no spoken word, we fell back, the half circle straightening into a line and leaving a clear pathway to the open gates.
The other two had also asked all the questions which they wished, and we all, as if by one agreement, fell back in our seats, and shut our eyes, to court sleep.
I sat up for a moment to collect my senses, but the effort was too painful--I fell back, and remained in a state of half-stupor.
Exhausted with pain and violence, the general made no reply; he fell back on the sofa, and, in a short time, he snored most comfortably.
He fell back, as the King's calm eyes regarded him steadfastly, imperiously, almost commandingly, without a trace of fear.
His indomitable courage was irresistible; and Thord, relaxing his grasp, fell back in something like awe.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fell back" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
