Examples of 'backwater' in a sentence
Meaning of "backwater"
backwater (noun) - a remote or isolated place, often with limited communication with the outside world
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- The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
- A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
- A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
- Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
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And this backwater ai not the worst of it.
You guys are asking me to groom a backwater congressman.
In the poor backwater of galilee revolution is coming.
Squandering a talent like yours in this backwater.
So we got a backwater drift to sign the charter.
I can hardly study medicine in this backwater.
Thus the backwater canals are not polluted.
I want to be promoted out of this icebound backwater.
I do not know what backwater you are from.
No backwater bullying of businesses with broken morals.
I will not remain buried in this backwater.
Last year it was just a backwater for retired beetles.
You hear so many things going on about backwater.
Backwater from the river saturated the subgrade.
As if all southerners are just toothless backwater rednecks.
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I want your backwater scab out of here now.
Oregon is developing an international reputation as a backwater of bigotry.
Now we are going to be a backwater with no influence at all.
There is got to be some story in this backwater.
Go home to whatever backwater spawned you.
A backwater is a part of a river in which there is little or no current.
I do not intend to rot in this backwater forever.
Backwater worlds are all alike.
Always closed and active against backwater.
It also prefers backwater of quiet eddies.
Backwater cruise and stay on traditional rice boat.
Spain remained an intellectual backwater for centuries.
I am no backwater magistrate cowering in fear of you.
It still exists today in some backwater countries.
The backwater houses a variety of species.
Being a prisoner on this backwater planet is a dishonor.
The place is largely a provincial backwater.
From the shop are the backwater areas accessible.
I am afraid we have become something of a backwater.
It is still a quiet backwater where life continues peacefully.
The whole system works without backwater valves.
Life in a backwater has its advantages.
So the quest for unification becomes a backwater of physics.
Africa is not the backwater many people believe it to be.
This was just a stopover in a stagnant backwater of the war.
A primitive backwater known only as.
The eddy sweeps driftwood into the backwater.
We came up with many backwater explanations for them.
You should not be slaving away in this backwater.
At a backwater location he refuses to reveal.
Feeling slightly sorry for his backwater posting.
Backwater hamlet dead ahead.
It is also the starting point of the backwater waterways.
This whole backwater is just crawling with hot spots.
Lebus gradually became a backwater locality.
