backward and forward
Example Sentences
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Language, which evolved within the past 200,000 years, endowed our species with the ability to plan for the future and reflect on the past, thus extending our selves backward and forward in time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Event organizers moved a shuttle bus backward and forward in front of the protesters to attempt to block the sound of their loudspeaker.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2024
In the Scientific Reports study, the scientists designed various tasks to assess the participants’ ability to produce words backward and forward.
From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2023
"Kinross is also really bad for taxis, so we're providing another service that get people backward and forward - it's provided a social element to a small village."
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2023
She was rocking backward and forward slightly in her chair, exactly like Dobby did when he was teetering on the edge of revealing forbidden information.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
