Sentence examples for backward then from inspiring English sources

Several scenes are run backward, then forward.

They tendu, stretching one leg backward, then stepping into first position.

After all, if your mother says it's O.K. to be backward, then what's the point, right?

But was it really necessary to go through that process of backward, then forward, development?

They banked off a howling gust, almost bowled over backward, then straightened their wings and dived forward.

— Johnny Manziel turned and scrambled backward, then turned again and scrambled farther backward, then eluded a defender and spun around and heaved a pass off his back foot toward, well, toward somewhere.

Then Watters delivers the I-caught-you-acknowledging-my-stereotype punchline: "I mean on television!" It all seems so backward, but, then again, so is bullying.

Stepping forward hard is a good, quick way to put additional momentum on the throw, since you won't usually have time or space to perform the backward-then-forward footwork like you would with a Hail Mary.

It's like a squiggly line that often goes backward and then propels forward then stays in one place for an unnervingly long amount of time.

"Defensive backs usually move backward and then cut violently to the right or left, so they have to be really flexible in the hip and groin area.

"Artist Descending a Staircase" has a plot that starts out backward and then goes forward.