Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigThe phrase "a backward glance" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a moment when someone glances back to look at something they are leaving, or to indicate a moment of nostalgia or regret. For example, "She took a backward glance at the house she grew up in before getting into the car."
Exact(59)
Next summer, I think she'll leave without a backward glance.
He stole other people's ideas, without a backward glance.
Mr O'Connell's subject, General Sherman, would have marched straight onward, without a backward glance.
Now a girl would be on the pill or have an abortion without a backward glance.
Once again the man suggests flying, and finally the bird does, with a backward glance.
William knows that there is no call for a backward glance as he leaves Oxenhope.
With Trilling's help, Kirsch transforms a backward glance into a forward step.
In "A Backward Glance" Wharton claimed, "I am born happy every morning".
"All right, Bates?" says Lord Grantham, barely casting a backward glance.
A backward glance might have saved us the steep disappointment of Hillary Clinton's 2016 loss.
Similar(1)
Historical Society's exhibit titled "Eat, Drink and Be Wary--A Backward Glance at Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Before the Protective Acts of 50 Years Ago".
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com