backwards

Example Sentences

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“I saw part of that, and what really freaked me out was when she was crawling up upside down and backwards down the stairs — kind of like the spider.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

"It can hover like a helicopter, fly forwards like an aircraft, but equally brake in midair or fly backwards," marketing chief Andrea Marchsteiner told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

You don’t arrive at a chapter and then find yourself needing to frantically page backwards to try to find the previous reference to a person or event, because it will already be present.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

It blew me backwards about a metre or so.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

I wanted to take my arms off the trunk and fold them to my chest like a mummy, loosen my thighs from their grip, and fall in a backwards swan dive to the bottom.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline