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backbend
[ bak-bend ]
noun
- an acrobatic feat in which one bends backward from a standing position until one's hands touch the floor.
backbend
/ ˈbækˌbɛnd /
noun
- a gymnastic exercise in which the trunk is bent backwards until the hands touch the floor
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
She crosses it to take his weight in tender backbends yet keeps receding into the shadows as their connection remains unstable.
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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