How to Use "backbone" with Example Sentences

1. Rumbling over unfriendly terrain the world over , humvees form the backbone of america 's military transport .
2. But their great impact as the backbone of global trade did not come for decades after that .
3. Barack obama will soon appoint a new cabinet to form the backbone of his administration in its second term .
4. The student protesters who make up the backbone of the protest movement had earlier rejected the plan because of the contentious immunity clause .
5. News of the potential capital shortfall could increase pressure on many of the 7900 us banks that form the backbone of the us financial system .