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
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
“That’s a long time to let something so backwards go on,” Brogin, now 77, said of the law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Nyland scrambled backwards showing remarkably anticipation and agility to leap and turn the ball against the post.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The ferret jumped backwards as the shoring burst and the tunnel workings caved in with a dull rumble of earth.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
