Sentence examples for back and forth play from inspiring English sources

He took hold of his children's collars and began to tug them back and forth, play fighting, with easy strength in the thin forearms, wiry cunning.

After modest success in Istanbul this past weekend, we're seeing this back and forth play out as the sides prepare for the next round of talks in five weeks in Baghdad.

As the back-and-forth plays out in the United States, Mr. Grubb of Cambridge University predicted that other countries would stop counting on the United States to act decisively on climate change.

"You don't have time to be running back and forth, playing a game".

Reed played both sports, so he shuttled back and forth, playing ball, then throwing the javelin, then returning to the diamond.

We were just playing crazy, going back and forth, playing one-on-one, doing all of Mike's up-and-under stuff and reverses.

John fidgeted, moved his feet back and forth, played a little air guitar and punctuated analyses by swinging his air racket.

I will go back and forth playing both characters in one day..

The unusually large scale of the industry's commitment to the cause helps explain some of a contentious back-and-forth playing out in recent days between the odd-couple allies over a deal that the White House struck with the industry in June to secure its support.

The messy back-and-forth has played out only on gossip sites.

The back-and-forth sometimes played out in the media and ended when Gasol was hit with vertigo that sidelined him 12 games toward the end of last season.