backward

Example Sentences

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As they move, that surrounding gas pushes against them like a powerful headwind, sweeping their own gas backward into trailing strands.

From Science Daily

He gave me a thumbs-up, walking backward for a couple of steps.

From Literature

I straightened my spine to my full five feet seven inches and strode out without a backward glance.

From Literature

The negativity dissipates as a young man walks into the clubhouse, baseball cap on backward for the moment, energetic and respectful and joyful and supremely confident.

From Los Angeles Times

Samson's deftness to use the crease to arrow square drives through backward point were particularly eye-catching.

From BBC