How to Use give back in a Sentence

give back

verb
  • Each one of those women lived the ethos of wanting to give back.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Drake has been giving back to his fans quite a bit while on the road.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Help wanted: Dog lovers looking for a chance to give back.
    Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2023
  • So the concept of giving back has been part of my roots from very early stages.
    Essence, 3 Oct. 2023
  • He's long been vocal about his wish to give back — not just through music.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • As George said in a 2019 speech, per The Tennessean, the Clooneys also used to give back to the town during the holidays.
    Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The idea behind the plan was to give back more time to baristas—and by extension, to customers.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Jennings sees it as a small way to give back to a place that worked to support him as a high schooler.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • Would there be in that surplus a portion of that be given back to the people that sent the money?
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 5 Mar. 2023
  • For those wanting to give back to the Earth in death, options have broadened in recent years.
    Thomas Page, CNN, 16 Jan. 2023
  • In her free time, Sephus has been working to give back to her hometown.
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2023
  • There are so many ways to give back to others that also can enrich your life.
    Todd Sixt, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • All the entertainers dream about one day being able to give back.
    Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • This show, too, happened just over a year after Sept. 11, and Abramović saw it as her way of giving back to New York.
    Kate Guadagnino, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • When Cruise finished, the movie was given back to the messenger, who returned it to the studio.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Now, more than 84 years after the racist mob forced her from her home, Lee has been given back the land where her house once stood.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • And yet, several chefs and owners are finding ways to give back this year.
    Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Manning credits Coughlin with being the one to inspire him to give back.
    Brendan Rand, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Bring friends and family for this way to give back to the community.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
  • What better way to celebrate Taylor Swift's birthday than to give back to a cause close to the cat lover's heart?
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • If no crimes have been committed during the period, the law states that the guns must be given back.
    Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The singer and songwriter has begun his holiday Glow Live Tour and is making sure to give back along the way.
    Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Not a vet himself, Pack tells me two decades of war special operations have shouldered the brunt of the load, and this is his way to give back.
    Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
  • For one thing, there was the chance to engage with and give back to the community there, which remains among the poorest in Jamaica.
    Marley Marius, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Beyond the baked goods, Cheryl and Griffin used their space and their name to help give back and support their community, and the greater South.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Learning about others, giving back — that's what fills my heart.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Impact: Fuentes-Michel’s life is about giving back and bringing up.
    Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Rutgers star center Cliff Omoruyi is giving back to the place that first gave him a chance at basketball.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2023
  • That idea has blossomed into an empire that, 20 years on, continues to grow and give back.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Leon Purnell learned to give back to the community at an early age.
    Billy Jean Louis, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2022

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