backward
Example Sentences
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I didn’t want to work a service job after graduating because it felt like moving backward.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Is a life spent constantly looking backward instead of hurtling forward even worth grieving?
From Salon • May 30, 2026
In one, time flows forward; in the other, it flows backward from its mirror-reflected position.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Extrapolating backward in time, Lemaître proposed the idea of a primeval atom: a singularity from which the universe emerged in a uniquely hot, dense state.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
She yanked me backward again, but this time it was to one of the abandoned computers.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing backward
"LAFFF"
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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