Later — hauntingly — Mr. Neidenbach crosses the stage in one forward skipping hopscotch sequence of tiny but top-speed steps, then, without missing a beat, retreats backward in a big crawling phrase on all fours: two utterly opposed kinds of movement, both delivered coolly but excitingly.
Attack your opponent furiously for a short time then retreat backward, then repeat.
Over here!" Then he retreated, walking backward step by step, to the top of the beach.
Just as swiftly, he retreated, hopping a body length backward.
In one of the game's scenarios, time was yoked to movement, moving forward when the protagonist, Tim, a squat Super Mario-esque figure dressed in a business suit, walked in one direction, and backward when he retreated.
He's walking along a dusty road between wheat fields in Kosovo with Lt. Gen. Juan Ortuno, the Spanish commander of the NATO troops, and two Kosovar politicians beside him, while a TV crew retreats slowly backward, recording their advance.
Did I imagine or did I see Van Johnson, the actor, a camel's-hair coat over his shoulders, retreating down the gangplank backward, waving?
Brown retreated, running east.
