backward

Example Sentences

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“Welcome to Texas,” she replied and drifted backward into the crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many of these communications were written backward, able to be read only in a mirror.

From Literature

For a large musk ox, turning around in the middle of the river would be as impossible as blindly stepping backward, as Duane had pointed out.

From Literature

As if he had finally made up his mind, the big monkey squalled again and started moving backward and forward on the limb—all the time uttering those deep grunts.

From Literature

I stumbled backward and fell, then ran outside and down the road to Red’s house.

From Literature