Backwards in a sentence

He noted that Nigeria has been moving backwards since the 1970s, while remarking that the question is not whether the country will walk, but whether it’s walking backwards of forward.

The elites of both Ukraine and Russia, for them, it’s basically the same country, the money flows backwards and forwards, the business deals go backwards and forwards.

Backwards marching usually employs the same preference for leg straightness as forward marching (if the band marches with legs completely straight while marching forwards, they also do so while marching backwards, to preserve uniformity of style).

For example, if the load force on a lever is high enough, the lever will move backwards, moving the input arm backwards against the input force.

The sole exception to this is the WMA 10 Professional codec whose Low Bit Rate (LBR) mode is only backwards compatible with the older WMA Professional decoders at half sampling rate (similar to how HE-AAC is backwards compatible with AAC-LC).

The two hookers then compete for possession by hooking the ball backwards with their feet, while each pack tries to push the opposing pack backwards to help gain possession.

Trackstands can only be held for a certain time and it is not permissible to go backwards in a trackstand by rocking backwards and forwards as the judge will be following the trackstand from the bottom of the track.

Across the 84 schools in the program, attendance has actually gone backwards.

Adriano was wearing a Lakers cap backwards and he had a smile that immediately broke through the seven seals that had been guarding my heart for almost 10 years — since the father of my girls left us.

Amazon’s PR-FAQ Process Working Backwards from the Customer.

And so that definitely doesn't mean going backwards.

And you have to be able to do it forward or backwards,” he said.

As the person is moving backwards while everything else goes forwards, the world is disorienting and dangerous, the air is unbreathable, and the heat transfer of fire and ice are inverted, among other details.

BJD had promised to transform Odisha, but pushed the state 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.

But reality has bent backwards in this time warp of a World Cup.

But the access to electricity is going backwards.

But three balls later, he went for the sweep early against Lyon and edge lobbed off the glove to slip running backwards, giving the off-spinner his five-fer.

But we have to bend backwards and appeal to him and the zone to allow the South-South take the shot while we beef up the seat with his (Jubrin) adoption as deputy senate president.

But you’d like to think the staff would forgive going five yards backwards for a player who carried the offense 60 yards downfield earlier in practice.