backwards and forwards
Example Sentences
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When Det Sgt Jones said she wanted to do some checks on him, Gordon shouted, jumped up from his seat and started pacing backwards and forwards.
From BBC • May 27, 2025
Court documents, while heavily redacted in places, show emails and letters were flying backwards and forwards between the Home Office, the Palace, Scotland Yard - and ultimately Prince Harry's team.
From BBC • May 24, 2025
I felt dragged backwards and forwards in time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2024
“This was heart wrenching, it was backwards and forwards and there were moments when I thought it was going in one direction and then in another,” Cauce says, on the video news conference.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023
I led my dogs to it Holding onto their collars with one hand, I worked a rusty barbed wire backwards and forwards against a staple until it broke.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
