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

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

These words, in the case of one worthy, named David Butler, were always spoken in a high-pitched, drawling voice, and finished off with a kick to the rearwards of the right leg.

From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

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