Sentence examples for less backward from inspiring English sources

He quotes earlier writers (one a hero of Conrad's) who were far less backward.

The Cévennes are less backward than they were in Stevenson's day, but no less steep.

In a book of essays he quoted earlier writers who, he said, were less backward.

For Nairn, the populist new royals may make Britain seem less backward while actually making it more so.

But the televised award shows are more homogeneous since they tend to look forward and less backward, placing a wide spotlight on the newest hitmakers.

In the power vacuum caused by the decline of parental influence, young people will most likely fill the void as the culture becomes less backward looking and more forward looking.

Less backward-looking is the short menu fizzing with eccentricity, from jalapeño peperonata to baked apple "from mum's yard".

The brilliant autumn sunshine helped; but Kiev felt less backward-looking than it did 12 months ago.

Less backward-looking and derivative, it is a modern and infectious slice of pop, a lighter, sunnier affair than the dark and turgid Konk.

Similar if less literal backward glances appeared throughout the program.

The novel then jumps forward to the early 1990s, and from there moves more or less directly backward to the night of the home run, which, as one character puts it, "was maybe the last time people spontaneously went out of their houses for something.