backward
Example Sentences
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Fish and other large swimmers move by pushing water backward, generating forward motion through Newton's Third Law.
From Science Daily
Some compounds appear to favor this backward reaction instead of pushing the process forward.
From Science Daily
It was another massive backward step in Amorim's relationship with his bosses, and his continued criticism just heightened that situation.
From BBC
Now imagine you can time travel backward to Bloomington, Indiana—basically any time in the last 130 or so years.
Label it whatever you wish, but the science is sound on this subject — and it is obvious that, by denying science, we’ve taken a pronounced step backward and are hastening our own demise.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
