back and forth
Example Sentences
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My son spends the most money on train tickets to travel back and forth to school.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
The driverless trucks perform best when they shuttle back and forth in repetitive trips—for instance, a 14-mile trip between a Gatorade bottling plant and storage facility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
“When you’re pitching and you’re in it, there’s back and forth, there’s more dialogue that happens about, ‘What is the game ultimately telling you?’
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
On Thursday, US Vice-President JD Vance said negotiators were "going back and forth on a couple of language points", which include the "question of enrichment".
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Even Biddy, our hen, and her two sisters were clucking as they dashed back and forth on the earthen floor.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
