back and forth

Example Sentences

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You do not have to pass a security check when you pass back and forth between L.A. and Orange County.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

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

We sat near the well and rested, watching the birds soar over us, screaming back and forth to each other.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff