backward
Example Sentences
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She splashed down backward, like doing a flip into a pool.
From Literature
Pelicarnassus fell backward in a cloud of feathers, his little hat flipping up into the air.
From Literature
These waves travel forward, strike a reflector, and then move backward, much like light reflecting between mirrors in a laser.
From Science Daily
With the benefit of time and a bit of economic theory, I came to realize that my youthful view of Martin Luther King was exactly backward.
Her words made me stagger backward a few steps.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
