Backward example sentences

"Backward" Example Sentences

1. He walked backward while trying to catch the ball.
2. The clock was running backward.
3. She put her jacket on backward by mistake.
4. The movie was played backward for a special effect.
5. His words were backward and difficult to understand.
6. The car was parked backward in the driveway.
7. The teacher wrote the letters backward on the whiteboard.
8. The sign was spelled backward on purpose as a prank.
9. He held the book backward and didn't notice.
10. The letter was addressed backward and was returned to the sender.
11. The arrow on the map pointed backward instead of forward.
12. He missed the turn and had to backward up the highway.
13. The plant grew backward instead of upright.
14. He had to walk backward up the steep hill.
15. The coloring on the shirt was backward from what she ordered.
16. The dress was sewn backward and she had to exchange it.
17. The engineering student solved the problem backward.
18. The escalator was moving backward instead of up.
19. His brain worked backward when it came to math.
20. He had to read the sentence backward to understand it.
21. The child wrote the number "6" backward.
22. The magician performed a trick by walking backward while talking.
23. The technology was moving backward instead of advancing.
24. The stain on the shirt seemed to move backward instead of forward.
25. The athlete ran backward during a training drill.
26. The company's profits were moving backward instead of forward.
27. The arrow on the compass pointed backward instead of north.
28. The plane took off backward due to a malfunction.
29. The gears in the machine were spinning backward instead of forward.
30. The flashback scene played backward in slow motion.

Common Phases

1. Moving backward;
2. Taking a step backward;
3. Working backward;
4. Going backward;
5. Looking backward;
6. Thinking backward;
7. Retracing backward;
8. Regressing backward;
9. Reversing backward;
10. Walking backward.