rearwards

Example Sentences

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Troops from half-a-dozen regiments, scattered confusedly in all directions, moved rearwards side by side.

From Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry by Blicq, A. Stanley

Hardly waiting, however, for his reply, the girl had passed her hand underneath the soldier's arm and led him rearwards as the train slowly rounded the long curve to the bridge embankment.

From Under Fire by Cox, C. B.

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

You see the tree-tops in the deep valley which divides the New Town from the Old, and rearwards, broken ground sprinkled with wood, imparting some touches of beauty to the western outskirts.

From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter

Many schemes were prepared by which we were to co-operate, so that after the Turks had been started off rearwards by General Aylmer, we might hasten their departure.

From A Kut Prisoner by Bishop, H. C. W.