Forwards is an English word with synonyms like forward or onwards. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Forwards in a sentence
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Forwards meaning
Synonym of forward in most senses.
Synonyms of Forwards
Using Forwards
- The main meaning on this page is: Synonym of forward in most senses.
- Useful related words include: forward, onwards, onward, ahead.
- In the example corpus, forwards often appears in combinations such as: the forwards, forwards and, and forwards.
Context around Forwards
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Forwards
- In this selection, "forwards" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, moves, half, corner, parker, aiden and radek stand out and add context to how "forwards" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all the forwards are unbelievable and among its forwards. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "forwards" sits close to words such as ahmad, crane and embarrassing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with forwards
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All the forwards are unbelievable. (5 words)
All three of Wolves’ forwards have been absolutely brilliant. (9 words)
When the handle moves forwards, the spool moves forwards, and vice versa. (12 words)
Broadly, these include three main categories: forwards, whose main task is to score goals; defenders, who specialise in preventing their opponents from scoring; and midfielders, who take the ball from the opposition and pass it to the forwards. (38 words)
Forwards Parker Snelgrove, Ryan Roobroeck, defenceman Braedon Clark and goalie Easton Falls will suit up for Team Navy while d-man Max Davidson and forwards Aiden Young, Ethan Weir and Zander Kechego will play for Team White. (37 words)
O'Dorney will potentially be within key players such as full-back Laura Collins, midfielders Ruth O’Connor and Caoimhe Spillane, half-forwards Roisín and Niamh Quinn, and corner forwards Amy O’Sullivan and Amy McCarthy. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Forwards Parker Snelgrove, Ryan Roobroeck, defenceman Braedon Clark and goalie Easton Falls will suit up for Team Navy while d-man Max Davidson and forwards Aiden Young, Ethan Weir and Zander Kechego will play for Team White.
Oettinger had 26 saves for the Stars, who played with 11 forwards and seven defensemen because forwards Radek Faksa and Matt Duchene were both out with upper body injuries.
O'Dorney will potentially be within key players such as full-back Laura Collins, midfielders Ruth O’Connor and Caoimhe Spillane, half-forwards Roisín and Niamh Quinn, and corner forwards Amy O’Sullivan and Amy McCarthy.
Pittsburgh recalled forwards Andrew Agozzino, Sam Lafferty and Adam Johnson earlier this week as the parent club dealt with early injured issues among its forwards.
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.
The pair of Juan Lopez and Bernardo Zuniga made it tough for Melbourne City FC forwards, cancelling out all threats posed by the A-League side forwards.
Broadly, these include three main categories: forwards, whose main task is to score goals; defenders, who specialise in preventing their opponents from scoring; and midfielders, who take the ball from the opposition and pass it to the forwards.
Forwards Rugby league is noted for its hard physical play The forwards' two responsibilities can be broken into "normal play" and "scrum play".
It then forwards the packet along to the next router in the path, which swaps the packet's outer label for another label, and forwards it to the next router.
When the handle moves forwards, the spool moves forwards, and vice versa.
After another dominant scrum, the forwards took the ball forward and Stuart Burton was held up just short.
All the forwards are unbelievable.
All three of Wolves’ forwards have been absolutely brilliant.
Among the draftees are top prospects Xavier Bourgeault, Carter Savoie and Tyler Tullio, forwards who played for the Bakersfield Condors, Edmonton's AHL affiliate, last season.
As a result, they entered the 2023-24 season with just two of their three permitted imports, forwards Matt Bissonnette and Latvia’s Vladislavs Vulkanovs.
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.
As well as issuing the emergency powers, police are also urging members of the public that witnessed or witness any trouble to come forwards.
Brown always was a basketball Don Quixote, searching for giants and dragons and tilting at windmills and power forwards.
Captain and No.8 Piper Duck was prominent from the start and spearheaded a strong NSW forwards effort, while the backs ran with pace and purpose.
Captain Carl Thurgood and second-rower Steve Keir were also tireless in the forwards and did a lot of hard work across the entire match.
Common combinations with forwards
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the forwards 17×
- forwards and 15×
- and forwards 10×
- forwards in 10×
- forwards to 8×
- forwards who 7×
- of forwards 7×
- forwards coach 7×
- forwards the 6×
- forwards on 6×