back and forth
Example Sentences
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“I’ve been back and forth and all over the place so much lately,” says Madix from her Los Angeles home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Minutes after their boat left the port, huge waves were crashing into the ship as it rocked back and forth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
However, the latest back and forth risks putting a quick agreement further out of reach, and on Monday both main crude contracts jumped around five percent.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Araki’s screenplay, written alongside his “Now Apocalypse” series co-writer Karley Sciortino, hops back and forth between the time before Erika’s vanishing and immediately after.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
“I didn’t want to take you here, but I had to. I had to. It was the only way to make you understand,” she pleads as she sways back and forth.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
