The word "forwards" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it as an adverb to describe the direction in which someone or something is moving. For example, "He walked forwards towards the door.".
The warning signs for the US were evident though, with orange-clad forwards afforded too much space on almost every attack.
"We know it's a challenge, we faced up to [Arturo] Vidal and [Alexis] Sanchez against Chile, so most countries have got some world-class forwards to contend with.
More than 100 people sit on plastic chairs facing forwards while latecomers lean against the back wall.
The Ahern government pumped billions of euros into cross-border projects while some of its backroom strategists talked about taking over the SDLP and advancing forwards as the main all-Ireland, 32-county party on this island.
In recent years, he's been backwards and forwards twice between Andrew Lansley's office and health-lobbying specialists MHP.
And moving forwards with things rolling by in your peripheral vision, that literal unspooling.
Niamh Briggs, the full-back who has been cursed with injury for much of the past year, is a dangerous runner and she landed a 40-metre penalty before the Ireland pack drove forwards from lineout and splintered the English defence, with the scrum-half Larissa Muldoon darting over on the blindside.
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