back-flowing

“Killing you will only eliminate the back-flowing Ram or Rams,” said the expendable.

Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010

Or else, would that the stormwind might snatch me up, and bear me hence down the dusky ways, and cast me forth where the back-flowing Oceanus mingles with the sea.

Book XX Homer 1909

Who shall venture to follow her to her prison-cell, and to trace the tide of back-flowing thought which rolled like a receding wave from the present to the past?

The Life of Marie de Medicis Pardoe, Julia 1890

Or else, would that the stormwind might snatch me up, and bear me hence down the dusky ways, and cast me forth where the back-flowing

The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1878

Then, rowing across a belt of back-flowing water, we found ourselves on a smooth mirror reach between granite walls of the very wildest and most exciting description, surpassing in some ways those of the far-famed Yosemite Valley.

Travels in Alaska John Muir 1876

Who shall venture to follow her to her prison-cell, and to trace the tide of back-flowing thought which rolled like a receding wave from the present to the past?

The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 2 Julia Pardoe 1833

It is impossible to describe the ease and grace of his motions, or the wild charm imparted to his countenance by the long, dark, shining, back-flowing locks, that softened their haughty outline.

Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel Caroline Lee Hentz 1828

District officials said the dozen odd drains opening into the river would start back-flowing and this could pose a serious health hazard.

Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

It started with a DDA-maintained drain getting blocked and sewage back-flowing into the low lying area.

The Times of India 2009

It did so until sometime that evening, Town Engineer Mark O'Dell said, when the rising Little Cal began back-flowing into the plant itself.

Chesterton Tribune 2008