rearwards

Example Sentences

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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

I was thrown rearwards, and fell upon a moving mass.

From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.

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 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

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