backward and forward

Example Sentences

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Language, which evolved within the past 200,000 years, endowed our species with the ability to plan for the future and reflect on the past, thus extending our selves backward and forward in time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Didion’s grief ripples backward and forward as she struggles to make sense of time.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

In the Scientific Reports study, the scientists designed various tasks to assess the participants’ ability to produce words backward and forward.

From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2023

"Kinross is also really bad for taxis, so we're providing another service that get people backward and forward - it's provided a social element to a small village."

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2023

But I knew that the room couldn’t be swinging backward and forward, so it must have been something which was happening inside my head.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon