Sentence examples for backward about from inspiring English sources

The phrase "backward about" is not commonly used in written English.
It is possible that it could be used in a specific context or by a specific group of people, but it is not considered standard or formal English. A possible example of its use could be: "She was always backward about expressing her feelings, even to her closest friends." However, a more commonly used phrase would be "hesitant about" or "reluctant to."

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Kiera and the toddler were playing in and around a 1999 Mercedes that was parked on a sloping driveway off Highway 8 Business near Aurora Drive when the car shifted into neutral and started to roll backward about 5 10 p.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Pearlstein said.

There's nothing backward about that thinking.

Why is the world's biggest game so backward about this?

Gilmanton became "the epitome of everything backward about small-town America," Lander says.

White had got it completely backward about the debates, McLuhan said.

John Ford, arguably the greatest  director of Westerns, wasn't backward about trumpeting his Irish roots.

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Move the finger backward to about 4 inches (10 cm) away, then back again.

Gen. Ali Mohsin al-Ahmar, long one of Yemen's most powerful military commanders and now a prominent opposition figure, says that familiar scenario has it just about backward.

Using a small comb, tease the underside of the hair directly behind your ear on the side you chose by combing in a short, backward motion from about two inches along the hair shaft back toward the roots.

"Backward point is back about five or six yards deeper than normal.

CLAIM: If you're not supposed to walk backward, what about walking sideways?

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