backward

Example Sentences

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Instead, they appear to be going backward at the worst possible time, dropping seven of their last 10 games and nine of 14 since Smith replaced Jim Hiller behind the bench.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

But her words reached backward, as if acknowledging both women—the one who endured and the one who emerged: Look at you.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

But you can’t make money by looking backward.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

As they move, that surrounding gas pushes against them like a powerful headwind, sweeping their own gas backward into trailing strands.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

For a large musk ox, turning around in the middle of the river would be as impossible as blindly stepping backward, as Duane had pointed out.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el