forwards

Example Sentences

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Standing only 5 feet 8, Johnson has established herself as a defensive menace, guarding both forwards and guards.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Travis Binnion has focused on the forwards, among whom Sesko is a big fan.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

BBC Sport looks at some of the league's best-ever forwards and asks you to decide where he ranks.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

When Russo does play in the attacking midfield role behind a striker, she can serve those ahead of her, and she acknowledges the qualities of her fellow forwards in making her job easier.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Thus we are told ‘the one and only error of general principle which the historian can commit...is to read history not forwards, as it happened, but backwards.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton