backwards and forwards in English

movements to the rear and onward

Use "backwards and forwards" in a sentence

1. 6 Paul paced anxiously backwards and forwards.

2. 10 He jerked his head backwards and forwards.

3. 5 The pendulum swung slowly backwards and forwards.

4. 2 Kip stumbled backwards and forwards before falling down.

5. 12 He started shaking it backwards and forwards.

6. 6 Kip stumbled backwards and forwards before falling down.

7. I've got to rock backwards and forwards, or sometimes scream.

8. 1 Draw the floss backwards and forwards between the teeth.

9. 11 She gently rocked the baby backwards and forwards.

10. 4 She rocked backwards and forwards on her chair.

11. 3 She was rocking backwards and forwards in her seat.

12. 9 He rocked the cradle with a gentle backwards and forwards motion.

13. 13 She made them walk backwards and forwards,(www.Sentencedict.com) and then trot.

14. 20 Police helicopters buzzed backwards and forwards over the area all day.

15. 7 She practiced her part until she knew it backwards and forwards.

16. 15 Pike's head quite often pulses backwards and forwards like a mechanical toy.

17. 21 Sir John fenced on, parrying sideways, backwards and forwards, playing with his opponents.

18. ‘Players go Backwards and forwards, alternating the target box in the same manner as for quoits or bowls.’ ‘‘The wings were going Backwards and forwards like it was trying to balance itself,’ she said.’ ‘She paces Backwards and forwards, at one end of the platform, muttering quietly to herself, gesticulating with quick fingers.’

19. 27 The cross is meant to be imagined as oscillating backwards and forwards.

20. 23 He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.

21. 17 The irregular echo of footsteps passed backwards and forwards along the corridor outside.

22. Engage forward and reverse gears and shunt backwards and forwards, listening for unusual transmission noises.

23. 14 She jumped backwards and forwards in her narrative, creating considerable confusion in Dougal's mind.

24. 24 It didn't exactly touch my hand, but sort of glided over it, wrinkling backwards and forwards.

25. 16 Keith throws his right shoulder backwards and forwards, hoping the pads will somehow slide into place.

26. 22 The more his head jolted backwards and forwards, the further down his scalp it crept.

27. 19 Engage forward and reverse gears and shunt backwards and forwards, listening for unusual transmission noises.

28. 8 The movement of the ship caused the mast to sway from side to side/backwards and forwards.

29. 25 They do not want to waste their time going backwards and forwards to the general practitioner's surgery.

30. 26 Then we noticed that the Pike head was sort of pulsing backwards and forwards like a mechanical toy.

31. 18 More deflector panels sweep the beam backwards and forwards across the screen to trace out the picture lines.

32. The three environments were there all the time, just oscillating backwards and forwards a little in relation to uplift inland.

33. In one of those swings of mood she experienced, swooping backwards and forwards like a pendulum, Blanche was frothy again.

34. 29 So it was transparent, with these little black circles in it that seemed to jump backwards and forwards at you.

35. 30 In one of those swings of mood she experienced, swooping backwards and forwards like a pendulum, Blanche was frothy again.

36. The horse dentist will smooth the sharpness away by using a metal rasp which is rubber backwards and forwards over the teeth.

37. 28 The horse dentist will smooth the sharpness away by using a metal rasp which is rubber backwards and forwards over the teeth.

38. Backward and forward adv adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." (to and fro) avanti e indietro : I've spent the whole day rushing Backwards and forwards

39. Akathisia literally means “inability to sit,” and is a type of movement disorder in which the patient feels extreme inner restlessness along with a forcible need or desire to be in continuous motion by performing actions such as rocking backwards and forwards when sitting or standing, marching on the spot by lifting feet and also crossing and uncrossing the legs when in a sitting position