rearwards

Example Sentences

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Previously they were painted, and had a gummy, sticky influence rearwards upon peoples clothes.

From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

The scouting, a perpetual weakness in mediæval warfare, was imperfect; and even had it been better organised, to scout rearwards is not the same thing as scouting on an advance or on the flanks.

From Poitiers by Belloc, Hilaire

And as foes fell before him, Eric stepped one pace forward towards the door, and Skallagrim, who, back to back with him, held off those who pressed behind, took one step rearwards.

From Eric Brighteyes by Haggard, Henry Rider

The habitant's customary frontage on the river was, accordingly, from about a thousand to two thousand feet, while his farm extended rearwards a distance of anywhere from under a half-mile to three miles.

From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett

The thing he sought to obliterate ran ahead of him with a smiling facility and spat rearwards a vaporous jet of ridicule.

From The Wonder by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)