go backward

Example Sentences

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“We can’t go backward, even if we have to endure hardships.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

As with toilets, there was simply no good reason for manufacturers to go backward.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2025

"I have no interest, no desire, and will not, if confirmed, go backward," Patel told the senators.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2025

Alabama: The offense continued to go backward and blow scoring chances way too often in the first half.

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2023

Again, reader, we must go backward, before we go forward.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo