back and forth
Example Sentences
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Though Neill had more than a lifetime’s experience playing characters who were solely benevolent or entirely wicked, he was remarkably adept at navigating the journey back and forth between these two polarities.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The waves could have gotten the vessel to oscillate back and forth, Sharpe said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
My parents divorced when I was 6, but they lived close enough to each other in the Northwest section of Washington, D.C., that I could bike back and forth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
This describes a phenomenon where a star wobbles back and forth, indicating a massive companion object is orbiting.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Clare hunched farther over the kindling and struck the monocle again and again, looking back and forth from the unlit tinder to the spirit floating above him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
