backstop

How To Use backstop In A Sentence

• At around $1,195 it sounds expensive, until you realize your grandchildren will still be using it long after you've turned into dust and are part of the backstop at your local range.
• Shooting far, really far, in the mountains at inanimate targets with safe backstops is challenging and downright fascinating, even to the most practiced rifleman.
• They know the frustration, the anxiety, the helplessness and the embarrassment of being on the mound and throwing pitches nowhere near home plate, heaving some to the backstop.
• In June 2002, Hasek backstopped the Red Wings to hockey's version of the Holy Grail.
• Because right now, it appears that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. government is essentially insuring - "backstopping," as they call it - every kind of debt, because nobody is willing to invest in anything that does not have the full backing of the United States government. CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2008
• Densely packed bookshelves can also act as backstops.
• The English system effectively 'backstops' this risk completely. Felix Salmon - All posts
• When shooting for practice, make sure your backstop will prevent ricochets and protect bystanders.
• My cover - advisor to the Border Police - was backstopped only minimally, but no one seemed too worried.
• He has backstopped his team to the lead in the race for the Jennings Trophy, awarded for fewest goals against.