froward

Example Sentences

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Two of them — 6-2 froward Autumn Newby from Baylor and 5-6 guard Alexis Morris from Texas A&M — are starters.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2022

“Before we were stepping froward, now we’re stepping back,” a supporter named Katherine King told me.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2016

The biography of Moreton Frewen, Winston Churchill's froward uncle and a born loser who went from one financial debacle to another with style, imagination and diligence.

From Time Magazine Archive

"What a froward, drivelling flibbergib have I taken to my bosom!"

From Time Magazine Archive

I was sorely displeased, and could have dealt him a clout with all my might, for the froward manner in which he turned out my things to the public view.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey