Definition: 1. At or to or toward the back or rear. 2. In a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal.
Use 'backwards' in a sentence:
1. In the movie they take a journey backwards through time.
2. You can begin in the last chapter, if you like, and read backwards or in any order, without missing anything.
3. There was a heart-stopping moment when she lost her balance and fell backwards.
4. Early 20th-century biologists came to a similar conclusion, though they qualified it in terms of probability, stating that there is no reason why evolution cannot run backwards.
5. Prospects for effecting real political change seemed to have taken a major step backwards.
6. I've bent over backwards to help him.
7. For the better part of a century, most biologists have been reluctant to use those words, mindful of a principle of evolution that says "evolution cannot run backwards".
8. I felt that going to live with my parents would be a step backwards.
9. She rocked backwards and forwards on her chair.
10. He works backwards, building a house from the top downwards.
11. The train began to move backwards.
12. The man tumbled over backwards.
13. As he stepped backwards she fell onto her knees, then onto her face.
14. I asked about one or two things that interest me and she really did know it all backwards.
15. She was rocking backwards and forwards in her seat.
16. People are bending over backwards to please customers.
17. We destroy it through the backwards process.
18. The Mole fell backwards on the snow from sheer surprise and delight.
19. Tom moved his brush carefully backwards and forwards and stepped back to look.
20. Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
21. Bess glanced backwards.
22. He lost his balance and fell backwards.
23. I took a pace backwards.
24. She must know the play backwards by now.
25. He was not able to walk without a cane and could only navigate steps backwards.
26. The asocial robot simply moved forwards and backwards and side to side.
27. She looked backwards and saw nothing.
28. 'Tang' is 'Gnat' spelt backwards.
29. He just released his hold and toppled slowly backwards.
30. The diver flipped over backwards into the water.
31. He gave her a hard push which toppled her backwards into an armchair.
32. The lad fell backwards, landing on his backside.
33. He moved a step backward/ backwards.
34. He stumbled, clawed wildly at the air and fell backwards into the water.
35. In medieval times, a lance couched under the rider's arm, unifying the force of rider and weapon, would throw its wielder backwards off the horse at impact.
36. Keeping your back straight, swing one leg backwards.
37. His handwriting slopes backwards.
38. I punched him on the chin, sending him reeling backwards.
39. She lost her footing and fell backwards into the water.
40. The third wave was so strong it knocked me backwards.
41. The writing sloped backwards.
42. He took a step backwards.
43. Greater government intervention in businesses would represent a step backwards.
44. Draw the floss backwards and forwards between the teeth.
45. 'Ambulance' is written backwards so you can read it in the mirror.
