backwards

Example Sentences

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"Trying to isolate over 100 million users from private and secure communication is a backwards step and can only lead to less safety for people in Russia," said WhatsApp in a statement.

From BBC

The move requires a skater to launch themselves into a jump, spin four and a half times in the air, and cleanly land backwards.

From BBC

What you “see” is the combined effect of sight and your ear canals telling you that you are titling backwards.

From Science Daily

"There were trains arriving but they were going backwards to go forwards," she said.

From BBC

“I speak to it, like I’m riffing in a jazz band, backwards, forwards, backwards, forwards,” Huntley said.

From Los Angeles Times