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
Instead, the team have slipped backwards and are ninth in the championship after 11 races this season, before the resumption of racing this weekend following the sport's summer break.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
I’m in my airplane outfit, no makeup and a backwards hat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
That is the oldest truth about masculinity there is, and we have somehow arrived at a moment where a truck company has to remind us of it by getting it exactly backwards.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Young Petey stepped backwards, checking the best escape routes for getting away from the crazy people quick, fast, and in a hurry.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
