backward

Example Sentences

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Thanks to Hubble's high resolution, scientists were able to trace the fragments backward to their original state as a single object.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

But you can’t make money by looking backward.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Not only does she talk, but she recites venerable nursery rhymes, backward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Justin, the believer, is instantly alarmed by how these eerie tapes escalate from cute banter to ghostly crying babies and backward incantations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

I barely had time to fall backward and go into a tuck before I hit the side of a nearly vertical incline and began to tumble.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen