cast back
(adverb) to turn (the mind) to the past
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How to use cast back in a sentence
I glanced at a man seated next to me, and the look he cast back mirrored the anxiety in my eyes.
The Stacks: The True Greatness of Muhammad Ali | Peter Richmond | February 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe letter was cast back into the box, locked up; there an end to it, or no interdiction of sleep.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George MeredithIf she was to be cast back into outer darkness again it would be better to know at once.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim | Frances Hodgson BurnettIt is a centre of academic culture and learning, and has its thoughts not unfrequently cast back into a darker but splendid past.
"The fruit is the cankered effort of a barren tree," cast back Weng over his shoulder.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours | Ernest Bramah
She could have repudiated the cowardly charges made, and cast back the lies drawn round her to ruin her.
The Passenger from Calais | Arthur Griffiths
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