backwards
Example Sentences
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Advertisers are bending over backwards to fit “maxxing” into their marketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“It’s on its side and the mirror image. So it runs backwards to what would be sort of a logical assumption of its threading pattern.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
He said that share prices seem to bake in that the company will move backwards rather than progress toward this benchmark.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Nyland scrambled backwards showing remarkably anticipation and agility to leap and turn the ball against the post.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
I wanted to take my arms off the trunk and fold them to my chest like a mummy, loosen my thighs from their grip, and fall in a backwards swan dive to the bottom.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
