backward
Example Sentences
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Heather Knight fell for 18 - caught at backward point reverse sweeping Melie Kerr - but Maia Bouchier's unbeaten 19 put them within striking distance.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
“Norteña” is the first time she’s explicitly looked backward, with the cultural weight and sounds of northern Mexico behind her.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
It’s time for federal investments in childcare to ensure we don’t take steps backward.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Given that gentrification, almost by definition, transforms high-disorder areas into tidier ones, and given that the process appears to be continuing in New York and other cities, hasn’t Mr. Gottlieb got matters exactly backward?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Abu fell backward into the boat while I turned away, horror-struck, feeling I had seen something I should not see; something no one should see.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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