backward
Example Sentences
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Like when he somehow leapfrogged a defender while flying backward, a feat enshrined on the cover of the Madden NFL videogame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Nathaniel Keohane, president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions – an independent environmental organisation – described the move as "a giant step backward".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
But whether we go forward or somehow even more backward, the next two years are going to be long and hard.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Count backward and you land in March 2021, when Powell was running the place.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
I turn backward on the sled and hook my elbows and ride but it is still too cold.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing backward
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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