backwards

Example Sentences

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To float, people should tilt their head backwards until their ears are submerged and, crucially, not panic.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Bank earnings are as much an art as a science, and to estimate loan-loss provisions a firm has to come up with a worst-case scenario and work backwards from there.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

"We are bending backwards to help but we don't have a magic wand," she said, calling on African governments to help with tax breaks and investments of their own.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

So while Leicester tried to stay still, they ended up tumbling backwards.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

In between the crowing contest, the backwards bicycle race, and all that, you’d see folks gathered together, talking and laughing.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns