Wondering how to use Backwards in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as backward or forward.
Backwards meaning
Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
Example sentences (20)
Someone who seemed to be a male bouncer tried to hold the singer before he finally fell backwards with his manager.
In one incident, Middlesbrough-teen Nadia was dragged down a corridor backwards with staff holding her under her arms.
So we're working backwards to make sure that suppliers have everything they need to be able to deliver on time.
But with no rate cut in sight until the middle of 2025, expensive postcodes in Sydney are now going backwards.
EFL again what is their problem with the new Derby County who have bent over backwards to keep within the business plan.
The man had just got out of the skip loader truck he was driving when it rolled backwards and trapped him against a wall.
I can turn my feet around and just walk like that, so I’m going forward and my feet are going backwards,” Ziskrout explained.
He said: “When the boys are training or playing a match, I’ll walk backwards around some of the pitches.
The Yankees performed backwards: What do we have now to do to get the ball to Rivera in eight innings?
The pair had removed three other walls and were tugging at the wall to push it over before it fell backwards, trapping them both.
A couple of quick slant passes moved them into a fresh set of downs, but they abandoned that method and the drive went backwards.
Brooks’ many years of research show we’ve got it backwards: It’s actually happiness that leads to success — not the other way around.
People have taken steps backwards from what they were used to, and it will continue to get worse.
Instead of looking forwards, he went backwards, opting to pass to goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Yes, but with ongoing data regulation, the online ads business has taken a huge step backwards.
Lower the dumbbells, then push off your front foot to step it backwards and next to your other foot, returning to the starting position.
Dressed topless wearing just a white baseball cap backwards and a pair of black shorts, he was pictured smiling with the American model.
He continued: “There’s no significant movement forwards or backwards, but we’re in the fight.
If we look backwards in time from the recent past to the distant past the pattern is evident.
He had bent over backwards to accommodate the family, even moving into the granny flat downstairs so they could have the run of the house.
Common combinations with backwards
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- backwards and 22×
- backwards to 16×
- going backwards 14×
- over backwards 10×
- go backwards 9×
- went backwards 8×
- step backwards 7×
- backwards compatible 6×
- backwards in 6×
- backwards from 6×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word backwards. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.