backward

Example Sentences

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Previously, Independent councillor Ashley Baxter said the plan was a backward step but the head of environment at the authority, Chris Miller, said the council would still work to reduce its carbon emissions.

From BBC

The horn arrangement is solid, the lyrics are not—the clunky “Is it your eyes that light my sky?” sounds like it was written backward starting with the obvious rhyme.

From The Wall Street Journal

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