Sentence examples for skip backward from inspiring English sources

The phrase "skip backward" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to reversing or going back in a timeline or activity or task, for example: "I had to skip backward in the video to review important information."

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Early in the fifth of twelve scheduled rounds, Klitschko began to reel and skip backward around the ring, with Joshua following; Joshua finally knocked him down with a left hook and an ensuing barrage, and, as the referee moved in to separate the boxers and begin his count, Joshua raised his hands, either to show that he had stopped punching or to claim victory.

Like many DVRs, you can pause, skip backward or forward (if you're not caught up to where the show is live) on some programs, but not all, due to rights issues.

Like many DVRs, you can pause, skip backward or forward (if you're not caught up to where the show is live) on some programs, but not all, due to rights issues.

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At times, witnesses said, he appeared to be skipping backward down the center of the avenue, which the police had closed to traffic.

Dozens of bystanders grabbed their cellphones and hit the record button as a knife-wielding man skipped backward through Times Square on Saturday.

Tiger Woods watched his 25-foot putt bend toward the cup, then he skipped backward and punched the desert air when it disappeared for a final birdie.

But as soon as she began to land them Cruz shot back, dropping down low and hitting Chieng with rapid punches to the torso, then skipping backward, out of the way.

It seemed to last about fifteen minutes, rather than the promised seven, and I found myself wondering at times if this was yet another Mozartean repeat, or if the crematorium's CD player was skipping backward.

Instead, he skips backward a generation to Carver (conspiracists will delight in his thank you to Carver's notorious editor and sparring partner, Gordon Lish and Donald Barthelmee, of whom Taylor is a smitten disciple.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands skipped backward across the clay, her wagging tongue framed by a smile as she savored yet another surprising victory for American tennis at the French Open.

He could have been a T.A. in one of my college courses, or the slightly older guy in Advanced Approaches to Interpretation who sat slightly aloof from the others and had not only mastered the abstruse and trendy texts everyone else was reading, but also skipped backward, sideways and ahead.

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