The whirlwind in an instant enveloped the band of Badrul Beg in such a cloud of dust that nobody knew from thenceforth whether he were going backwardsor forwards.
Two chestnut or bay-coloured crests start backwards over the eyes, whilst the tippet is black.
On the way thither she saw Harald, who with his gun upon his shoulder, walkedbackwards and forwards some little distance from the cave.
They saw thick masses of clouds from different sides rush across the sky, and stormily tumult backwards and forwards.
Feathers growing from the thigh, and projecting backwards below the knee.
He offered no resistance, merely wagging his tail backwards and forwards, and I could scarcely persuade myself that he was a monster capable of eating a man at a meal.
His tout ensemble was that of a highly improved class of farmer, dressed up in the wrong clothes; that of a firm-standing perpendicular man, whose fall would have been backwards in direction if he had ever lost his balance.
The ends of her hanging hair softly dragged themselves backwards and forwards upon her shoulder as each faint breeze thrust against or relinquished it.
Mr. Ronalds made the next experiment on an extensive scale, by insulating eight miles of wire in glass tubes, the wire being carried backwards and forwards for that distance on his lawn at Hammersmith.
There was a general rush to the carriages, and Mr. Huskisson, in trying to enter his carriage, slipped backwards and fell upon the rails.
The opening being then closed by a screw-nut, the apparatus, which is mounted on pivots, with an appropriate stand, is swung backwards and forwards like a pendulum.
The paper is placed upon cylinders covered with flannel, and the impression of the types is produced by the cylinders being fixed so closely to them that, as the table passes backwards and forwards, there is great pressure.
In some species it will be found that this membrane passes backwards beyond the leg to attach itself to the tail.
He struggled with it despairingly for a few seconds, but all the strength had suddenly gone out of him: his legs felt so weak that he nearly collapsed on to the ground, and the cart began to move backwards down the hill.
One end remained in the hands of Sawkins and Dawson, who reeled backwards into the room, and the other end flew up into the air, writhing like the lash of a gigantic whip.
During the singing Bert turned the handles backwards and again brought on the picture of the storm at sea.
It is plentifully sprinkled over with spines, bristles, or hairs, directed backwardsso as not to impede progress.
It has often been pointed out that if men had the leaping powers of some fleas they would bound with ease backwards and forwards over the cross on the top of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
In the case of a large mammal the hair must be turned backwards shortly after death, when the live fleas may be seen running about and caught.
Mrs. Crook answered civilly, that she could not undertake to go backwards and forwards to a room half a mile off.
We took turns to rest, lying on a seat, for some men were about, and kept walking backwards and forwards and laughing at us.
He remained for full a quarter of an hour in thought; but then he rose, and walked backwards and forwards in the library, with a quick step: there was a struggle within him.
The thought of Rose Tracy aggravated it, shook his firmness, made his resolution waver; and starting up, he paced his cellbackwards and forwards for some minutes.
For two long hours he walked backwardsand forwards upon the terrace, with his head bent down and his eyes fixed upon the sand.
There are just fourteen pews in the chapel, and they run up backwards to the end of the building, the highest altitude obtained being perhaps four yards.
There also developed a tendency to compete in the matter of horses and liveried flunkeys; with the result that despite the damp and snowy weather exceedingly elegant turnouts took to parading backwards and forwards.
Luckily the driver of the vehicle was a practised man at his work, for, while driving with one hand, he succeeded in leaning backwards and, with the other, holding Chichikov securely in his place.
As they advanced, Ivan Antonovitch cast an eye backwardsand viewed them askance.
The hissing, that was like the hissing of an invisible flame, had ceased; only from time to time we heard it as though it passed backwards and forwards in the tunnel; and we stood looking into each other’s faces without speaking.
Silence moved slowly backwards and took up his position on the hearthrug, keying himself up to a condition of concentrated attention.
It is scarcely possible to drag a snakebackwards over rough ground; while on a smooth surface, such as glass, the Serpent would be totally unable to proceed.
Long galleries wind backwards and forwards in the cliff side, their walls being built with dressed stone, flush with the precipice, and often opening into spacious chambers.
Our Lord specially selected the Ass's millstone on account of its size and weight, in contradistinction to the ordinary millstone, which was turned backwards and forwards by the hands of women.
This Owl has a curious habit of swaying its body backwards and forwards, and is sure to attract the notice of all the small birds in the neighbourhood.
We immediately put back and took in another cargo, and thus we continued going backwards and forwards until we had placed the whole of the slaves on shore.
Boats were plying backwards and forwards between the shore and the various vessels which lay in that much-frequented river.
Presently I saw him swaying backwards and forwards as if his strength was leaving him; still he growled as fiercely as before.
We also obtained a rope of sufficient length to reach the shore, so that we might haul it backwards and forwards.
He conformed backwards and forwards as the King changed his mind.
Then before Niven could speak the arm shot out, and the breathless lad reeledbackwards with head swimming and a tingling face.
At last when the bows were flung high he missed his stroke and fell backwards upon Niven, while as he scrambled to his feet again Stickine stopped rowing, and twisting round, looked at them over his shoulder.
Niven, who had read of the famous scene on the heights of Abraham, but Donegal stretched out a big hand, and he wriggledbackwards with his plate.
The vessel had to pass backwards over the same sandbank which it had only just managed to get over.
You know, of course, how the pendulum of public opinion swings backwards and forwards.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "backwards" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
