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  • verb Past participle of backslide

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Examples

  • I can still see the tears streaming down my father’s cheeks when I convinced him that his so-called backslidden parents, both of them Pentecostal preachers, were not being eternally tortured in the fires of hell.

    God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010

  • I can still see the tears streaming down my father’s cheeks when I convinced him that his so-called backslidden parents, both of them Pentecostal preachers, were not being eternally tortured in the fires of hell.

    God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010

  • I can still see the tears streaming down my father’s cheeks when I convinced him that his so-called backslidden parents, both of them Pentecostal preachers, were not being eternally tortured in the fires of hell.

    God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010

  • I can still see the tears streaming down my father’s cheeks when I convinced him that his so-called backslidden parents, both of them Pentecostal preachers, were not being eternally tortured in the fires of hell.

    God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010

  • He saw his duty plainly, -- if Ellen had "backslidden," he must give her another trial.

    Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Bret Harte 1869

  • I had now to this extent "backslidden" from this point in the slave's religious creed; and I soon had occasion to make my fallen state known to my Sunday-pious brother, Covey.

    My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass 1856

  • I had now to this extent "backslidden" from this point in the slave's religious creed; and I soon had occasion to make my fallen state known to my Sunday-pious brother, Covey.

    My Bondage and My Freedom. By Frederick Douglass. With and Introduction. By James M`Cune Smith. 1855

  • I had now to this extent "backslidden" from this point in the slave's religious creed; and I soon had occasion to make my fallen state known to my Sunday-pious brother, Covey.

    My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I.--Life as a Slave. Part II.--Life as a Freeman 1850

  • I, a "backslidden" Christian, believe that Christ sadly shakes His head when He observes how many Christians are neglecting society's most needy.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • The backslidden true believers were the first to fall to their knees, begging for a glimpse, even if it cost them their lives, as their less-experienced companions rushed over them to escape.

    G'lder Curtis Hox 2011

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