The dark thing in the hole sank slowly backward.

Mali gasped and sank backward, withdrawing her touch and the influence of the crystal.

She sank backward against the table.

Oliver clasped his hands, and sank feebly backward.

She sank backward into her chair as though she had just been slapped.

And slowly, the car sank backward, deeper into foliage so dense he could not see through it.

Her head sank faintly backward on his breast.

Jarre, seeing it, caught her breath and sank backward, pressing herself against the wall.

She was giving at the knees, and sinking backward, with a javelin standing up under her breast.

The face went black, sank backward.