bounce back

verb

bounced back; bouncing back; bounces back

: to return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or event

She bounced back easily from her surgery.

After losing the first three games of the series, they bounced back to win their next eight games.

Examples of bounce back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ashley Narath and Aspen Wooten lost their first mini-set 5-3 against Giselle Adekunle and Khloe Akopian but bounced back to take the second set 4-1 and then win a marathon 10-point tiebreaker 14-12 (must win by two points). —Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026

Letang sent a shot toward Flyers goaltender Dan Vladar that sailed wide of the net before bouncing back toward Vladar. —ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026

The county's current peregrine falcon population is a big bounce back from the early 1960s, when the use of DDT meant there were no peregrine falcons nesting in Pennsylvania. —Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026

Many of them are made from wrinkle-resistant fabrics or soft knits that bounce back after being packed, while others rely on flowy silhouettes and forgiving textures that don’t show creases. —Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for bounce back

• almanac
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