backwards and forwards
Example Sentences
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He then attempted to re-park and began moving the vehicle backwards and forwards several times.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024
The car was driven backwards and forwards in an apparent attempt to escape.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
I felt dragged backwards and forwards in time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2024
“This was heart wrenching, it was backwards and forwards and there were moments when I thought it was going in one direction and then in another,” Cauce says, on the video news conference.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023
I too could hear his footsteps; one, two, one two, backwards and forwards across the library....Mrs.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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