Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne backhands the shuttlecock with surprising elegance for someone who spent his youth mixing fragrances in Montmartre.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The noseless perfumer is backhanding every return shot across the net, impressing the Delavigne Corporation staff who came to watch.
Indicative Past (simple): Bruno backhanded the tennis ball so hard during his San Francisco club match that his opponent simply applauded and walked off the court.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Horatio Oléré was backhanding the ball straight into the net the entire afternoon while Bruno effortlessly dominated from the baseline.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The San Francisco surfer has backhanded his way through three tennis tournaments this season, somehow qualifying for each final.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Bruno has been backhanding compliments to his staff all morning — technically praising them while quietly demanding more effort.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time Horatio arrived at the court, Bruno had already backhanded his way through two sets without breaking a sweat.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: The Delavigne Corporation team had been backhanding jokes about Xavier's legendary clumsiness for years before Bruno finally asked them to stop.
Indicative Future: The grandson of Xavier will backhand every difficult question the journalist throws at him during tomorrow's fragrance fire prevention press conference.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: This time tomorrow, Bruno will be backhanding volleys on the rooftop court of his San Francisco apartment building, Horatio watching from a deckchair.
Indicative Future perfect: By the end of the Pamplona trip, the bull-runner will have backhanded more difficult situations than any tennis pro could imagine.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By the time the Delavigne Corporation charity gala ends, Bruno will have been backhanding awkward small-talk all evening with the grace of a seasoned diplomat.
Conditional Simple: Bruno would backhand every criticism of his perfumes with a calm, cutting remark if Horatio were not there to hold him back.
Conditional Progressive: Were it not for the quarterly board meeting, the CEO would be backhanding tennis balls on the San Francisco waterfront right now.
Conditional Perfect: The perfumer would have backhanded that last shot cleanly had his surfing injury not stiffened his right wrist all week.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Without Horatio's timely reminder about the board meeting, Bruno would have been backhanding volleys all afternoon instead of reviewing the Delavigne Corporation accounts.
Imperative Imperative: "Backhand it, Horatio, don't just stand there — Xavier himself once told me a weak return is an insult to the game!" Bruno shouted from across the net.
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