backward

Example Sentences

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Warsh needs to persuade them that a smaller balance sheet isn’t a step backward, but a return to a more disciplined and resilient operating framework.

From Barron's

"We are entering a phase where we don't even know if we are moving forward with global development or if we are sliding backward into total underdevelopment."

From BBC

He stood up abruptly, knocking the desk chair over backward.

From Literature

She was whirling…struggling…sinking…but Selkie somersaulted backward and pushed her up through the water till she was spluttering…coughing… breathing again.

From Literature

Having dropped Maxwell in the previous over, Nissanka more than made up for it with a brilliant flying catch at backward point to send back the Australia all-rounder, who had looked dangerous.

From BBC