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backbend

[ bak-bend ]

noun

  1. an acrobatic feat in which one bends backward from a standing position until one's hands touch the floor.


backbend

/ ˈæˌɛԻ /

noun

  1. a gymnastic exercise in which the trunk is bent backwards until the hands touch the floor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He flew in from New York where earlier in the day he performed backbends and corpse poses during a yoga session with a multinational crowd on the lawn of the United Nations.

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India’s leader was arriving from New York, where earlier Wednesday he performed backbends and corpse poses during a yoga session with a multinational crowd on the lawn of the United Nations.

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Sometimes, she even turned her back to the audience, as when she framed her head with her arms while sinking in a deep backbend in front of Gilliam’s painting.

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She crosses it to take his weight in tender backbends yet keeps receding into the shadows as their connection remains unstable.

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As she turned into a backbend while spinning on one skate, I snapped a few frames of how far she was bending.

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