backward

Example Sentences

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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 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

I watched hopefully as Togbe put his hands on his waist and arched his body backward.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo