| 单词 | backward |
| 例句 | He was rocking backward and forward, shaking his ugly head. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A stool on which a child had been sitting fell backward and made a loud noise. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z That's if it snapped backward, which made the most sense to me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z For someone who knew the system and had the right code books, it wasn’t too hard to work backward and decode the radio message. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I run behind him and grab on to his arms, pulling him backward, and backward, and backward again—until we both fall onto each other in a heap. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z He let himself go with the motion of the mule, swaying forward and backward with each stride, feeling the rise and fall of the mule’s breathing under his legs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The sun is out something fierce, but that doesn’t stop the cold air from constantly smacking us backward. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z If one can go north, one can turn around and head south; equally, if one can go forward in imaginary time, one ought to be able to turn round and go backward. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was keen on me, but her eldest sister, nomaMpondo, regarded me as hopelessly backward. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman had a wispy mustache, and the guy was clean-shaven, which seemed kind of backward to me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Spurge and Werfel stumbled backward, shocked to see so many guards staring at them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z If her body swayed backward it meant no, and she would test something else. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then she leaped backward, back arched and fur on end, tail held out stiffly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Especially because we, new to radio astronomy, must be comparatively backward, and the transmitting civilization advanced, it makes more sense for us to listen than to send. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Except, he’s bending forward instead of backward, so it isn’t as hard. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped and glanced pleasantly backward, saw with delight that the men were up and moving toward the trees, toward food. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her feet are turned backward, giving her an odd gait. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Tiara bumped into Petra, who fell backward, giving Harris a chance to grab the gun again. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I jumped backward, bumping into Jermaine and landing on his sneakers. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Right when I was about to show Vega the video, I suddenly flew backward in my chair. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z As Celia pounds the card table, the head of her hammer finally gives way and flies backward, tearing a hole the size of a fist in the movie screen. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He waves and walks by, turning around to move away from us, backward. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I walk fast and backward out his front door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But before he could make contact, Jeanne's mother pushed her husband backward. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But I knew that the room couldn’t be swinging backward and forward, so it must have been something which was happening inside my head. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He pushes back from the table, his chair knocking backward to the ground. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I take two steps backward and the round eye of the camera is pointed at me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She turned around in her chair, and gripping its arms she bent over backward, dipping the back of her head to the plate. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I do not like to dwell on the past. Life is ahead of us. If we spend too much time looking backward, we can’t see where we are going!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Tyrion ducked under his sword, lashed out with the axe, the man reeled backward . . . and Catelyn Stark stepped up behind him and opened his throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When Hali stumbled and fell, he came at her again, slamming her backward, teeth tearing at her belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I fell backward as she scrambled up my legs and onto my chest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z For a moment it’s silent, then Ben says, “Ready? Count backward from ten.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z With just one week left before opening night, she is headed in the other direction: backward. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The force of the throw sent him staggering backward into the wall. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Shay’s feet slipped backward, but she leaned her weight into the pole, keeping it wedged under the cross-tie. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She starts to sway as her eyes flutter closed, and she falls backward. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Let’s be strange and see if we can run backward to their house.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A force like a huge hand yanked me backward and slammed me to the wall. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And his mind, dwelling bitterly on Elizabeth, yet moved backward to consider once again Esther, who had been the mother of the first Royal. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He walks backward to it and plops down. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He hops backward down the porch steps just as his dad swings again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z If ever these lines strayed from perfect, if someone should move his by scooting backward too vigorously, or trying to get just the right angle to pass a note, Mrs. Jacobs got very cranky. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Both her and her chair go flying backward, and then she’s looking up at me with shocked eyes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z This time I saw stars as I went flying backward. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z With Gum Baby on my shoulders, I walked backward toward the front of the bus, keeping him in sight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Sorry for barging in,” I said, taking a backward step toward the door. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He folded with an “oomf,” and she sprang from her chair, ramming her shoulder against Mandela, knocking him backward and out the front door. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Catelyn edged her foot backward, the most timid of steps, but the mule was behind her, and she could not retreat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “What are you freaks doing out here?” he says, slamming the truck door and turning his baseball hat around backward, rolling up a sleeve like he’s about to get into some dirty work. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Ron stared around the room as though he had been bidden to memorize it, while Hermione’s eyes swiveled backward and forward from Harry to Lupin. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We both jump and take a quick step backward, laughing at our reactions. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z ‘I hope you’ll do that too, and not start thinking backward.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I stumbled backward, but it was enough time for Marcus to lob a pass to Todd for an easy layup. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “What the—” Calder staggered backward into a dark doorway and stumbled over someone’s feet. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Now to the right, now the left, now backward, now forward, moving into the darkness over ice as smooth as marble. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I inched backward, deeper into the closet, feeling my fingers in my mouth, the taste of shoes, of feet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a step backward into the kitchen. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The pull of the engine rocked me backward, and I laughed. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He always got nauseous whenever he faced backward in a car. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She had gotten halfway across on the tree bridge and now stood there grabbing the upper branches, terrified to move either forward or backward. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Then her head leaned backward, slowly, gently; it was as though she had given up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Mark got off one more shot before he began to crawl backward up the stairs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Our reporter proposed to say that spectators “were literally turned inside out and shot backward in time.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time Bull received the ball he would take his time, dribbling cautiously, moving backward, taking his smaller son under the basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With his free hand, Kronos struck her face, and she slid backward. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It clipped a wine steward on the serving hand, so that his pitcher dropped with a loud clang while he fell backward, cursing, in the dust. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He regained his balance briefly, then took a step backward and landed on the couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z It hit the earth right next to her and she pulled backward, using the javelin like a lever, kicking the Titan Lord and sending him flying over her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Now I can make every knot he knows, even the clove hitch, which I did backward for a few months before I got it right. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z One with light brown skin, perfect sandy blond ringlet curls, and green eyes, and the other deep brown with braids in a backward ball cap. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Mrs. Williams fell backward with her arms grabbing empty air. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and counted backward, letting go of everything my mind and body was tied to. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I’m edging backward when he turns his head and looks up at me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly, Sergeant Hicks broke toward the first rank and began screaming at a large, well built recruit who took a step backward in surprise, so sudden was the attack. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I lean backward, but only for a second. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z To undermine the status of these women, some people with influence began depicting women’s power as backward or evil. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Then I saw something that made me quickly paddle backward. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Ryan rose and walked backward out of the lobby so he wouldn’t miss the high-speed, siren-screaming chase on the television screen. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z This is a black hole, an object so paradoxical that some scientists believe that black holes can be used to travel faster than light—and backward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Slowly, and with great effort, Charlie takes several steps backward, stumbling against the examination table as he goes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z She retraced her steps, walking backward slowly, so silently that not even the dust knew she was there. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Then he pushed her gently backward until she was sliding well away from the dock, jumped aboard, and pushed the tiller sideways. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The tall man slapped me across the face, jerking my head backward. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark sits on a seat at the tail end of the vessel and twists backward to look up at the towering skyscraper, where the dwindling glow of the day’s sunshine reflects an amber sheen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Judith took a step backward, one hand at her throat, and a wave of scarlet spread from the white collar to her black curls. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Man, my bad, but I wasn’t feeling that well. Went to bed early. Long day,” I said, walking backward. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If she knew anything about anything, she would be able to look at the shadows the trees cast and know if she was going backward. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I gasped and stepped backward and so did she, her face twisted in fear. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Shuffling backward had strained his leg muscles to the max, and they burned with heat and were beginning to cramp. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Why, in brief, did China lose its technological lead to the formerly so backward Europe? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth flew backward, slamming into the throne of her mother and crumpling to the floor. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Still falling backward with the dark thing on top of him, Chronicler felt a dull, dark explosion as the back of his head struck the stone wall behind him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I left the bucket at the boy’s feet and stumbled three steps backward. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He picked up the oar and jabbed the wide end of it into Pong's chest, hard enough that it knocked him backward into a seat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Four turns around and walks backward a few steps- backward, on a narrow path with no railing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Jamie’s hands are stuffed in his pockets, and he looks like he hasn’t decided if he’s moving forward or backward. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Back at the studio I call him, counting the hours backward to the coast. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Cain reached for her throat, and she flung herself backward. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Malfoy went pale and jumped backward, looking wildly around for Moody, but he was still up at the staff table, finishing his stew. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He stepped backward with a little puff of a gasp. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He saw his enemy tumble backward into the pool, and Kino strode to the water. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z How quickly his careful hand moves, weaving lines of type, working backward. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But instead of apologizing, Vega kinda smirked and then just shook his head and started walking backward toward the door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Albert here just gave Shay a whole bunch of letters that are the same forward and backward. If she wasn’t spitting-nails mad, trying to hurt people, she probably would’ve figured it out.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I don’t get it, and then I realize he’s the man who tripped backward into the punch bowl when I shot an arrow at the Gamemakers during the training session. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "Gold," he repeated, scrambling backward like a crab, "more gold than you'll see here in a lifetime. Enough to buy land, women, horses . . . you could be a lord. Lord Mord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He moved backward to the gate, thinking he’d better run away. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As Mr. Trepid approached, the salesman noticed the angry rash creeping up Mr. Trepid’s neck and across his face, and the salesman took a step backward. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He slips; his right leg, shoulder, and arm wing backward, upsetting his balance. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He was slumped down on the table with his big hand over his mouth, swaying backward and forward. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Me: I’m lying here wishing I could count us backward to yesterday morning. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Renly was unhorsed so violently that he seemed to fly backward off his charger, legs in the air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Looking at it another way, if you had a film of the universe’s history and ran the film backward, the universe would shrink and shrink. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Six weeks, maybe more. Hell, in a society as backward as this, who knows whether the leg will heal at all?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then I bounce backward until I’m leaning against the wall behind my pillows and facing Mom in the doorway. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z People from real cities like Peshawar or Islamabad would have thought me very backward. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Aghast, we watched: Grenadiers flew backward; grenadiers screamed; we saw hats topple; a body, relieved of impulse, rolled down the side of the causeway into the swamp. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She took several hurried steps backward, until her body found the standing stone. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The bag smacks my soldier straight in the mustache, and he goes over backward onto the paving stones. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When you’re planning to go to the carnival after school, the clocks in every class practically run backward, and the school day lasts for about three weeks. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z John’s feet began to slip; tears and sweat were in his eyes; still moving backward before his father, he looked about him for deliverance; but there was no deliverance in this street for him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z As she sat on the stoop putting on her skates, Shirley dreamed of the day when she would be able to race, sashay backward and spin on one foot. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Aren’t they magnificent? Thirteen has been studying their aerodynamics here for years. Forward and backward flight, and speeds up to sixty miles per hour. If only I could build you wings like these, Katniss!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He’s talking backward and I tell him I don’t know what he’s talking about. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was the moment of intermingling with a noise like thunder, the spectacle of broken lances sailing in the air while hones pawed that dement before they went down backward. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In that case, I’d wanted an extra pillow out of their closet, but I’d just done the silly tittery laugh thing and stumbled backward, closing the door behind me super quick. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They show up here in their electric cars with their kale salad and complain about how our town is too backward to ban plastic bags. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z So Sunflower bounced up, down, sideways, and backward, rearing and kicking and chopping, snorting furiously, only Herbie still wouldn’t come unglued. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The more he turned them, the less the wind pushed him backward. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He bared his teeth and crept backward, eyes glowing golden in the light of the maester's torch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He tried to rise, but the stones slipped from under him and he stumbled backward. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She reaches over, puts her hand on my forehead, and pushes me backward until my head presses against the wall. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She took several steps backward, until she came to the wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The coil took Viserys around the throat and yanked him backward. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I finally told Grandpa we ought to make room for the cars in the buggy-and-wagon shed behind the store, but he dismissed the idea with a backward flip of his hand. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Some of the bolts did not want to slip through their holes; also I put the grate on backward the first time and had to take it off again. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He swayed backward and forward under the hail of blows which were administered, and feebly wagged his arms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Such a horrendous noise met him that he staggered backward a few steps. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It gives me a backward kind of power. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He never tried to touch it, though, not since the first time he’d grabbed the metal and gotten hurled backward, left with frizzed hair and a shocked expression. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Her husband was sliced in half and boxed backward. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But she left the room, counting backward from sixty, loud. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z All of a sudden I spun around and started walking backward, so I could laser Ma and Yvonne in their eyeballs. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He skipped backward, settling into a defensive stance. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Without saying a word or giving a backward glance, Roosevelt gave Julio his answer. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Then again began the struggling and fighting, backward and forward, jerking and falling, until he choked and lay quiet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But how could he tear me from my home, take away the only connection I had to it, and then pronounce me backward? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Classical music’s infatuation with mining the riches of the distant past only reinforced the popular impression that it was backward- rather than forward-looking. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She fell backward as another slab of rock and ice shot from the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Thomas reached out and grabbed Newt by the arms before he could go any farther, then pulled him backward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In space, there is nothing to push backward; you can paddle all you want, but you’ll get nowhere. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Dylan, a classmate, stops, looks, walks backward, then shuts the door. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I tromp to an unmarked piece of snow and let myself fall backward. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Then Grandma fell backward, arms spread out. At first I thought she slipped, but then she started swishing her arms and legs, making a snow angel.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Slowly the second wave forced the first one backward, rolled slowly over it, and then as a victor drags the vanquished, moved in toward the island. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Without warning, his hands reached for her shoulders and he thrust her backward. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Behind the restaurant was a small beach, and when they were done eating they walked for a while along the shore, into a wind so strong that they had to walk backward. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But the old man’s blood was running backward in his veins and God wouldn’t reconsider. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The miniature Krum walked backward and forward over Ron’s hand, scowling up at the green rosette above him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I heard the impact of the bullets in the ground in front of Captain Stewart’s feet, I saw him leap backward. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes flew open, and a clap of thunder threw Percy and Piper backward. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I bent my knee and jammed my foot backward, up his crotch. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I started to follow her, but Julian cut right in front of me, which actually made me stumble backward. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Instantly he flung up a wall of resistance round Merriman and Paul and himself, so that the two of the Dark swayed backward from the force of it. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The lion thrashed wildly, turned, and fell backward. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She rocked backward as if assaulted by a strange wind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And R's never look like backward E's to Freak, which is the way they look to me sometimes, unless I really squint and think about it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Without warning Archer dropped the spyglass and scrambled backward. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Harry shouted, trying to follow, but a heavy branch whipped lethally through the air and he was forced backward again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The girls grew up knowing nothing of girdles, and the boys announced their manhood by turning the bills of their caps backward. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she gripped one of the dangling reins and used it to swing back around, smashing shoulder-first into Riker, who toppled backward. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Percy stumbled backward, but he wasn’t used to being smoky. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mark went up backward, just in case someone figured out another way to get into the basement. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The spider leapt from Moody’s hand on a fine thread of silk and began to swing backward and forward as though on a trapeze. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We stood by the cash register until Abby’s dad exited the kitchen wearing a stained apron and a backward baseball cap. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Suddenly Stanley was slammed forward, then instantly backward as an airbag exploded in his face. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Mark couldn’t help but scoot backward, crab-walking until the rope around his neck grew taut. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z As the werewolf wrenched itself free of the manacle binding it, the dog seized it about the neck and pulled it backward, away from Ron and Pettigrew. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I realize now that my feeling for Alice had been moving backward against the current of my learning, from worship, to love, to fondness, to a feeling of gratitude and responsibility. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z And maybe I’ve gotten it backward, maybe it’s just because I need a reason that I find myself falling in love with her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I remember Daddy joking that his hair line was marching backward like a college band at halftime. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He grunted, rocked backward, and brought the pump to his knees. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Panicked monsters surged backward If the bag really had been full of Greek fire jars, we would’ve all blown up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Thomas shrieked before he could stop himself, jerked away from the window—but the thing bounced backward, leaving the glass undamaged. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z We were to point backward when we fired them, so that they slowed us down enough to allow gravity to bend our orbit back into the atmosphere. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Capricorn signed to Basta, who reluctantly took a few steps backward. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The backward address turned out after several mistakes to be the undersecretary to Étienne Tshisekedi, the one government minister who might help us, though his own position with Mobutu is now on the outs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I bent backward until I could grab my ankles like an acrobat. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The sea gushed forward and backward; it was a mournful sound. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Over the next few weeks, I sometimes catch Madge backward writing again in class. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He sports a gray mustache and a backward baseball cap. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z She pushed me in the chest, and I fell backward. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Brian turned the head backward so he would strike with the flat rear of the hatchet and hit the black rock gently. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Salvador stepped backward, alarmed, while Lupita stood behind him, frozen with terror. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “It was the worst thing we ever did together. Our utterly lowest moment. All backward, all wrong. Just so dumb.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But the general consensus is that Shawn was standing near the brink, and for no reason at all stepped backward and lost his footing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If you run it backward you will see the pieces suddenly gather themselves together off the floor and jump back to form a whole cup on the table. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Before he can fire, my knife hits him hard in the shoulder and he falls backward with a thud. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We practiced the splits, and bending backward, the high-stepping strut, and I saw myself a sequined princess leading orchestras across a football field, the idol of cheering fans. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not see him: they looked backward, over their shoulders, at a cloud of witnesses. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Then she forces our hands to bend backward creating a beautiful curve when the hand is unwrapped. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She fell backward, and he followed and gripped her hair with his left hand, feeling no pain, feeling only an immense and shattering despair. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The carpenters, after the first and second crashes, had crossed themselves in stupefaction, and when the third crash resounded they fell backward from the building onto the chips of wood. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My mind rolls forward and backward, running over the things I’ve been told. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Just a few backward steps by Herbert, and they would be discovered. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl had to grab on to the spindly trunks and branches clinging to the slope to keep from falling backward. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And in defining, in giving organization to the fury, it seemed to spin me around, and in my mind I was looking backward over the days since Clifton's death . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman gave a little start and took a step or two backward. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Look out!” called several voices, and the policeman jumped a step backward just in time. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z As we run the Big Dipper backward into the past, allowing for the motion of its stars, we find quite a different appearance a million years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If it were half an hour earlier, we could have tracked backward and gone down another street. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Clove is scrambling backward on all fours, like a frantic insect, too shocked to even call for Cato. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The truck drove backward and then turned around. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He stumbled backward, not caring if he missed English class, or the rest of school, or even the rest of his life. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I saw her fold backward as the automatic fire ripped her nearly apart. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Planets course around the sky throughout the year, but every so often they stop, move backward, and then shoot ahead once more. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He would’ve walked backward to my room, whistling “I Am the Walrus” backward. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z For a moment he thought she was about to step backward onto the vase, and he raised his hand and pointed, though he said nothing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Since everything about the new baby was backward and unexpected, my parents decided to reverse the name they’d chosen. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z She let go then, but kept looking at me, taking step after step backward. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” I said, trying not to take another step backward. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Dylan’s knees push off—he flies backward, then swings forward, his hands grasping the rope lower. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z But getting there means navigating unseen currents that can force them far downriver—or even backward. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Roy’s fingertips squeaked across the linoleum as he was pulled backward, and again the door closed on his shouts for help. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z List my previous jobs, starting from the last held and go backward to the first. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. But way after that we were chasing down one of those dumb birds and I fell backward on my butt and my arm got twisted between April’s big fat thighs.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She marched back up the marble staircase without a backward glance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He was spun into the bedroom, falling backward. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She picks up her tray, throws her trash away, and walks out of the cafeteria without a backward glance. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Everyone scrambled backward as a huge soldier stepped out of the explosion. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I spelled it in my head, forward and backward, chastising myself for my own stupidity. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Hugo rubbed his arm and stepped backward, accidentally crushing the windup mouse he had dropped. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z When you swim through a pool, you push against the water, forcing it backward and pushing you forward. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Grayson exclaimed, staggering backward as two fat frogs leaped from the piano. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The Griever had grabbed him with two instruments, had started dragging him backward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He shoots a quick glance backward, sees Baxter, Darnell, the Toad, Misty, all keeping up, their eyes painted with the same fear as Trina’s, the same fear that Mark feels himself. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I realized he was still touching me and I took a sudden, nervous step backward. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I took it instinctively and she walked backward, pulling me to my feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He takes a step backward but she moves with him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A city so young that, in thinking of its short history, one’s mind, as it travels backward in time, is stopped abruptly by the barren stretches of wind-swept prairie! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I push her off me and she falls backward, whipping her head back and forth like... Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Then, blowing a huge spout of snotty air, it slid backward off the boat and back under the water and was gone. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One says that District 12 has always been a bit backward but that local customs can be charming. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Em rubbed her stomach theatrically and started walking backward toward the library, bumping into everyone in her way. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I get an uncomfortable feeling like I'm sliding backward down a slope into a deep hole that I dug my own self. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Of all the developments in the Soviet Union, the method by which scores of backward peoples had been led to unity on a national scale was what had enthralled me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Moses’s fist slammed against the side of Armpit’s head, spinning him backward. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z In my room, I flopped backward onto my bed and let out a happy sigh. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I put my hands down on the tread behind me, raise my foot to step nine, and push myself up backward. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Not good. But I don’t think I’ll fall over backward and die.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Working backward, what sort of problem might such skills solve? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Nico fell backward out of his chair and banged his head against the sideboard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The man slowly moved away, peeking backward a couple times, hoping one of us would overrule Ozzie’s rejection. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Lavadie fumed silently for a full ten seconds before jamming the gearshift into reverse and bouncing backward out of the yard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Some things are in reverse or upside down, like an empty car driving backward. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He let his eyes examine each of the remaining starting-point possibilities—top left, bottom left, and bottom right—and then, in a form of backward reasoning, tracked the path from the princess to the knight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m still walking backward without even realizing it. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “They walked backward in the dirt!” the people responded enthusiastically. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He staggered backward, but there was no place to stagger. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He knows immediately Raf has caught his meaning, because he takes a sharp step backward, his back hitting the sill again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Chuck stumbled backward, then looked up at Thomas, his eyes so full of fright Thomas felt something shatter in his heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Go ahead,” he urged, walking backward to his end of the bridge. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He kept step with them, walking backward, a furious sneer on his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I was being shoved backward, toward the corner, very hard. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He swayed and fell backward, but not before he struck your face. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A person can watch the sunrise, but he cannot slow it down or stop it or make it go backward. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She stumbled backward, her eyes wide, as the figure started coming out of the canvas. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They sank their blades into the sea of stone—loosened by swings of Jake’s pick—and heaved it backward in a pitter-pattering shower of gravel. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Boo dove into the crowd, pecking the demon’s eyes until the asura screeched and teetered backward. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The next thing I knew, the camera people were filming her in scuba gear, flipping backward off the side of the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Songololo jerked backward when the rope yanked on her bleeding wrist, shrieking in full voice at the pain. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Then Jacqui gets in front of me, blocking my view of the woman, and moves me backward, down the hill. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A pulsing beam of white energy shot out of my forearms, striking the Mechagodzilla in its chest and knocking it backward. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Voldemort swept from the room without a backward glance, and the great serpent floated after him in its huge protective sphere. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Having flown fighter airplanes for years, I was accustomed to rolling and looping and even spinning, but I had never flown sideways or backward before. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be as if, when everything started going wrong, when it started getting stressful, we could have just gone backward. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Suddenly his chest constricted, pain clobbered a shoulder, he almost toppled backward into the tub. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The elf sat up, curled into a ball, placed his wet face between his knees, and began to rock backward and forward. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I stepped backward into the hallway, and with a forced politeness that surprised me and seemed to throw him off stride, I said, “Won’t you come in?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In a sudden swift movement that seems impossible considering how drunk he is, he spins out of my arms, casting me backward in slow, torturous motion. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t you believe it. They may be dumb in many ways but they know the City’s statutes backward and forward.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And my chest began hurting again and I folded my arms and I rocked backward and forward and groaned. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “So if you jump backward, you are at that moment—you are in that picture—and you always were there, you always will be there, even if you don’t know it yet.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He wheeled backward to his table and grabbed his bottle and cup. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z As it was, she managed to roll backward and land on her feet. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She doesn’t wait to hear if he’s free, just walks backward out of the room and disappears into the corridor. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The J was backward, but the words were clear. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I was on the outside, so everything was backward. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z During this period of her life, Anthony took a moment to look backward—and forward. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Instead, he strolls backward to the street, hands shoved in pockets, eyes on me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He danced in front of them, scampering backward as he thrust the platter at their faces. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Without a backward look, with my mother, brothers, and sister, I embarked on my first train ride. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Let us now start fresh without remembrance, rather than live forward and backward at the same time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark stumbled a couple of steps backward, stunned by the man’s appearance and scared out of his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The wind took the Frog backward, but with the sails loose and slatting she moved so slowly that she was effectively still. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He tore himself free of their grasp and stumbled backward, out of their reach. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In theory, a naked singularity with no event horizon might allow you to travel faster than light or backward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “You put his brain in a bird, the bird would fly backward,” she liked to say. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When Luke lunged again, I jumped backward into the swimming pool and felt a surge of strength. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The impact actually made him stagger two steps backward. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The fastenings were strange and felt backward, and the breeches were a little too large. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have fallen directly onto her, but he was yanked backward by the collar of his shirt. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The man fell backward into the glass, which shattered at once, and the flimsy wooden frame went too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Moushumi had been facing backward, leaning over and talking to her friends, who were in the two seats behind her, and when she turned back around he was in the neighboring seat. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Standing with his back to us is a boy in jeans and a fitted polo shirt—white, taller than me, hair totally covered by a backward baseball cap. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Mole pulled backward, ducking down his head to slip his collar. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I flew against the seat belt of his Toyota SUV each time he braked, and my neck snapped backward each time he hit the gas. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He combed both his hands backward through his curly black hair, the way he always did when he was excited. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I was thrilled at being able to recite arithmetic tables, and the letters of the alphabet forward and backward. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z No one said anything, so he spun around to walk backward and talk with his friends. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She winced after saying it and stumbled a step backward, holding a hand up to her temple. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “I believe he’s going to accept,” Eleanor said, taking an involuntary step backward. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z They are backward and primitive craft, moving, compared to the immense interstellar distances, with the slowness of a race in a dream. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She threw herself backward against the elevator’s side wall, standing on tiptoe and trying to flatten herself so they couldn’t see her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Shadow let go of him, and took several steps backward. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I stumbled backward, switched my sword to my left hand, and lunged desperately. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was all I could do to keep from falling backward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Yet there is a big difference between the forward and backward directions of real time in ordinary life. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I think she liked being in this kitchen, mothering and praying over this big machine and these blocks of backward letters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z "I think the brother's speech was backward and reactionary!" he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I take three silent steps backward and stand near the doorway by the telephone. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no need to call retreat—for at the intensity of that first volley, we had stumbled backward—and now we found ourselves split into two parties. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We were pointed backward with our heat shield forward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a small country, but rich in natural resources of the type that made other countries bend over backward to accommodate it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The boys from the neighboring room flinched and took a quick step backward, trying to disassociate themselves. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Bobby gets up next to me and, although his posture is way different—backward, really—he looks like a decent match. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Brilliant. Simply brilliant. Don’t forget,” he says, turning and walking a few strides backward, “you’re on with the horses right after Lottie.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Alby held out a hand and pushed Thomas in the chest, sent him stumbling backward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Walking backward, I raise the bullhorn to my lips, remembering all the protestors who came before us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But she did not want to go backward. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It seemed like a backward step at first, but now I know going back was the only way to show how far I’ve come. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z People in the contracting phase would live their lives backward: they would die before they were born and get younger as the universe contracted. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing toppled backward, sliding over the side of the stairwell and landing a few seconds later with a terrible, wet crunch. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t bend over backward to thank Ricky for everything he was doing for their family. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Shhhhhh,” he said, using his grip on the man’s nose to steer him backward to the bench against the wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She walked backward a few steps and waved, and I waved back. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z "One man tripped backward into a bowl of punch." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z His thought was that most people bent over backward to fit everything that happened to them into something they could understand. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t do nothing,” I say, taking a step backward, trying to keep my Noise from showing the back door behind me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z With a roar Jerome rose up, sending me backward. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The sellsword scrambled backward, checking each blow, stepping lithely over rock and root, his eyes never leaving his foe. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Dude...you don’t honestly think Texas can go blue, do you? It’s one of the most backward states in the country.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One man takes a long step backward, clutching his stomach. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Doc said a prayer and instructed us to walk backward out of the graveyard because we didn’t want to bring any haints home with us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When I started to detail the problems with our cells, he interjected that the conditions in backward American prisons were far worse than Robben Island, which was a paradise by comparison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sahil shoved his hands in the pockets of his hoodie and began to walk backward, away from me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He rode backward with no hands, he rode on his own handlebars, he jumped off and back on his moving bike as he had seen trick horseback riders do in the movies. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel and Hannibal rode straight into the room, and the standard-bearers fell backward out of their chairs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Of course, to be perfectly balanced, we have plenty of teachers and counselors who are fair and would bend over backward to help Andy, but lately, even his behavior has been working against him. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We had awkward, backward names like Farinango, which our grandparents signed with an X on contracts they couldn’t read. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant starter caught him and shoved him backward at the same instant that the field sprang away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the kids at the funeral service were girls from school, who had laughed when Lettie told me how stupid and backward rootworking was. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z On the wooden blocks were metal letters facing backward. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Any society still more backward would not have radio astronomy at all. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z By pointing the gun in the right direction, and by squeezing the correct trigger, I could cause the nitrogen gas to exert a force that would move my body either forward or backward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He braced all four feet and pulled backward. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It was Trip who tipped her backward onto the couch, knocking his book to the floor, who put his hands on, then under, her shirt. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then I turned and left without giving her a backward glance. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z We didn’t always get the best teachers, and some of those who came resented being sent to work in what they thought of as a remote and backward place. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could go backward,” Hecate suggested, “retrace your steps to Rome...but Gaea’s forces are expecting that. None of you will survive.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She pushes me hard and then again, so I go jolting backward, but I don’t lose my footing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I kept poking him backward till he was against the wall. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Betty’s engine started with a snarl, and suddenly we were rocketing backward. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Behind the entrance a tunnel, its floor also lined with stones, led backward and downward. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It roared to life and we swerved backward, spinning around to face the winding road. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Instead of losing your temper, count backward from ten. Let the hotness cool down. That way you won't say things that you will regret.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I dive backward, thrashing through a cluster of surprised onlookers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the sea began to seek its old place, running backward in long, foaming currents. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, without haste, Bull waited for the right opening and hit him with a left cross that jerked the boy backward as though he had been shot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Macon turned the doorknob, and without a backward glance, left the room. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He stumbled backward, but he was heavier than Luke should’ve been. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Then, with a clank and a clang, it began to move backward, and that was how we went down the street, the trolley backing up before us as we marched on. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Yossarian marched backward with his gun on his hip and refused to fly any more missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It clanged and slipped backward, but Alec grabbed it just in time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Based on the pattern, I’d say it’s our pretty little group that came through here—I can see their footsteps well enough. And ...” He flicked a nervous glance backward. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She laughed merrily and, still walking backward, doubled her speed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, face grim, he starts to inch backward. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Before I could wheel around, Jasper Muleman Jr. grabbed my bike and Bull grabbed Abbey’s, and together they dragged us backward into a stand of Australian pines. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He stumbled backward and grabbed a chair for support. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The wind trailing it makes me stumble backward. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was too clumsy; he kept falling down or getting his holds on backward so they weren’t holds at all. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z With a shout Neel grabbed Ajay s heel, yanked his friend backward, and headed across the pond as fast as he could. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Again, my mind flew backward to a night in our house long ago. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He took a step backward, raised his own wooden blade. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He caught himself and stammered a little, then smoothly cried out, “MA CHERÍE!” and slung me over backward in a swooning Hollywood kiss. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He stumbled backward again, rubbing the sore spot. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Mark gripped the log in both hands, then hammered it backward in desperation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Celeste flipped her head upside down, grabbed a thick handful of hair by the end, and started brushing it backward, toward her scalp. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Instandy he flung up a wall of resistance round Merriman and Paul and himself, so that the two of the Dark swayed backward from the force of it. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron shouted, throwing his full weight against his door, but next second he had been knocked backward into Harry’s lap by a vicious uppercut from another branch. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “RAWWWR!”The giant staggered backward, blue blood trickling from his nostrils. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And this can be extrapolated backward in time, so that when I speak, Desdemona speaks, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He feels before he registers being shoved backward into a wall, and Henry’s mouth is on his, desperate and wild. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z God’s love! and began to cant in my own backward tongue: Evol’s dog! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see it as if it was in slow motion, rotating backward. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Qotho danced backward, aiakh whirling around his head in a shining blur, flickering out like lightning as the knight came on in a rush. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Instead I pulled myself around to turn backward and wave to my parents. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z To them, Puerto Rico was the place where their grandparents lived, a place they visited on school and summer vacations, a place which they complained was backward and mosquito-ridden. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Then they walked outside, and Brangwain Spurge stumbled backward in shock. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Jasper had taken a step backward, in astonishment; but now he shrugged and said one word: “Illusion.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t say anything, but he took a step backward, like I was going to hit him. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He’d taken off his shirt and was sitting backward on a chair with his head bowed and his hair combed forward. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The government of Russia under the Czars could not be bothered to investigate so trivial an event, which, after all, had occurred far away, among the backward Tungus people of Siberia. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She climbed in and closed the door, and off they drove, without one backward glance. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The father gave an infuriated roar and grabbed the paper from his son, seizing it with such force that he fell backward into the lake, shattering the reflection of the moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Miss Maggie, walking backward, waved at me nervously and then tucked her hands beneath her chin. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I was walking along still staring into my ammonite when an elbow swung out of nowhere and knocked my head backward on its hinge. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I wedged one end through the lock and pulled the other end backward. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z How to smack a homer and walk a yo-yo and skate backward. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The woman found a neck, the man a wrist, and each made a quick backward stab with a heel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Nothing to worry about,” said Professor Lupin calmly because a few people had jumped backward in alarm. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Denna and I clambered on and sat facing backward on the clapboard with our feet dangling over the edge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He staggered backward, slamming his hands over his mouth, then crashed to the ground. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z IBM had relocated a great many northerners, and together we made relentless fun of our new neighbors and their poky, backward way of life. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The silence in the church ended when Brother Elisha, kneeling near the piano, cried out and fell backward under the power of the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Then out of the blue, the Eddie guy grabbed my hood as I passed by him, yanking it really hard so I was pulled backward and fell flat on my back. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I tried to walk past him, but he loped backward, keeping his eyes on mine. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The purple-haired giant toppled backward and Otis lost his grip on the mountain, which promptly collapsed on top of his brother. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She was a slender, small-breasted girl, with an erect carriage which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Many Kikongo words resemble English words backward and have antithetical meanings: Syebo is a horrible, destructive rain, that just exactly does not do what it says backward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m wearing my jersey backward over my legs so that my number three is upside down over my crotch, and the word renegades is upside down over my butt. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He rains blows on the man’s arm pads in a blur of motion—the final punch lands so hard that the trainer stumbles backward and falls. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And he slashed at the air: Harry felt a white-hot, whiplike something hit him across the face and was slammed backward into the ground. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Over the next three years, the hard disk of his memory slowly began to be erased, beginning with the most recent information and proceeding backward. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z However, no patrols had appeared, and on the walk from the station he had made sure by cautious backward glances that he was not being followed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They are pixels, of course—but the man still falls backward, his left hand now cut off from the rest of the space, useless. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The two of them slammed backward and were pinned to the wall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z This means that there can be no important difference between the forward and backward directions of imaginary time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I click the backward arrow in my messaging app and scroll down to my conversation with her. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She instinctively took a step backward and still he stared. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Staggering away, the scribe felt his heel snag on the rough ground, and he began to topple over backward, arms flailing wildly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ben’s head snapped back, but not far enough to avoid the backhand that sent him staggering backward out of control with his head cracked against the far wall. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His shoulders shook with laughter and his head hung backward. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Without a backward glance in my direction, Jack sets off on his own course through the woods. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He flew backward out of his chair and hit the wall behind him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Malfoy fell backward on top of the Death Eater, his mouth bleeding, utterly bemused. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I watch as a woman’s elbow hits her in the cheek, sending her reeling backward. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Hermione had seized the collar of his jacket and was tugging him backward. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We are to stand, facing away from our classmates, and fall backward, relying on another student to catch us. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned the shotgun backward as far as he could and managed awkwardly, to pull the trigger again, hitting only branches and din. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “But there’s no point in going backward, either, I guess.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t have happened anyway: The force of the current pushed me backward, dragging my body under the bridge. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z That last part was because a panicked Hyperborean giant stumbled backward and sat on top of him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The bird’s head drooped backward and was rolling from side to side. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo tried to shove him away, but Passalos did a backward somersault and landed out of reach. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When she tried reading it backward, it was gibberish. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Before he can get his head out of the car, he feels a tug on his shirt and is yanked backward. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I walk backward to watch behind us, but I don’t see anyone. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Here is the lawn where Cordelia fell down backward, making a snow angel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She had this great laugh, kind of a backward hiccup, that I found absolutely charming. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She scoots backward on the ledge and leans back on her hands, looking at me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I took several steps backward, expecting him to leap down and attack me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Memory does not work that way— forward. It only works backward. Yours is not a memory. It is a dream.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m—I’m sorry I left like I did,” I said, taking small steps backward. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused before lifting the rock and slowly stretched his body, touching his toes, reaching for the sky, twisting at the waist, and leaning backward. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Only the harpies were unafraid; they took to their wings and soared above, scanning backward and forward, flying back to reassure those still in the tunnel, flying ahead to search for the way out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Why the hell,” panted Ron, holding up the Horcrux, which swung backward and forward on its shortened chain in some parody of hypnosis, “didn’t you take this thing off before you dived?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The agent did a few more dives, a backward twisting one-and-a-half, a half-gainer, and a beautiful soaring swan dive, all of them executed in what appeared to be an effortless manner. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Lidia grabs my hand, like she’s trying to drag me backward a bit, to save my life before I can get caught up in this. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His churning legs slowed to a stop, and he stood there computing whether to move forward or backward. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, don’t you worry about that,” Yossarian comforted him with a toneless snicker as the engines of the jeeps and ambulance fractured the drowsy silence and the vehicles in the rear began driving away backward. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She dropped backward off the bunk, flipping in the air to land on her feet, and casually pulled her hair back into a ponytail. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Cordelia throws herself backward onto a blank front lawn, spreads her arms out in the snow, raises them above her head, draws them down to her sides, making a snow angel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I spin around and smack the can backward just for the heck of it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I twist and scuttle backward on my hands and feet, shrieking, trying to remove myself from the horror. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then he sank one back leg into the cat’s side and kicked backward rapidly, several times. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as I stuck my face up to the crack, the door flew open, knocking me on the forehead and sending me flying backward, to land on my huckle bones in the mud. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z There it was with its small, furry head curled unnaturally backward due to a broken neck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I start to shuffle backward, with David whimpering in front of me, still under the influence of the serum cocktail. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A blue projectile splattered against one of the centaurs, hurling him backward into the lake. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mark stumbled backward but caught his balance.There were people all around him, hissing, baring their teeth, dancing about on their feet, all wild eyes and hysterical laughter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Rather than say the word out loud, which was unthinkable, she spelled it out for her, backward. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When he got loose, he flew up at my face before I could cover it, tried for my eyes and then—I swear—whipped over backward and took a shot at Cookie, my lead dog. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Is there any—” His eyes flickered and he went limp, falling bonelessly backward. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My body was in the wrong position when I hit, and I tumbled over backward with all the grace of a bag of potatoes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The cap’n’s left hand was yanking rough on the woman’s hair, pulling her head backward, and his right hand was clamped on his pistol, which was jammed under her chin and pointed upward. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z One last agonized glance backward as he flung it open showed him a lean, gliding shape on the top of a wall, silhouetted against the stars. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He flew backward and forward across the field past blurred red and yellow shapes, with no idea of what was happening in the rest of the game. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She staggered backward and crashed against the wall. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She...it...had landed on a gate, and was curved over it backward, hair streaming long, ginger blossoms raining down from it like little flames. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His spine’s arched and his head’s hanging backward. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z We were thrown backward on a wave that must’ve been forty feet high. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Under the circumstances it seems out of place, comical even, a flip backward in time, a stunt. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Communicating the letter and its word, even spelling it out backward for him, was inconceivable. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Crouch took a step backward, freeing himself from contact with the elf, whom he was surveying as though she were something filthy and rotten that was contaminating his over-shined shoes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We stepped backward together like we were in a minefield. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Maybe you need hearing aids that work backward—making sound quieter instead of louder,” she says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Dad would’ve left his messages backward, until the machine was empty, and the plane would’ve flown backward away from him, all the way to Boston. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You have to know the right moment to let go or you’ll flop backward into the water and hurt yourself.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Seven and Thorn were spit out by the hexed wood and thrown backward onto the grass. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He stumbled backward, landing on his bottom, then held the paper up to his eyes to read the name scrawled on it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She tries to step backward, but he catches her chin with his hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Father MacPhail took a step backward and put his hand to his head. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Finally, Trey’s feet get tangled, mixed up, and he falls backward. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Cain swung his sword at Celaena, who threw herself backward—but not fast enough. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Nina threw out both hands, fingers forming fists, and watched the guards topple backward. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The girl gives a sharp squeal and scoots her chair backward again, harder. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As I did, my mind raced backward almost an entire year, to when the DiAngelos first bought the property from Digger’s grandfather. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Her head had fallen backward as though in hilarity, the angle opening the wound so that a section of windpipe gleamed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This may seem a backward way of going about measuring barrels, but it was a brilliant idea. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I grabbed one strap of the pack, ignoring the sticky residue squelching under my hands, and pulled it out of the tree, stumbling backward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He flew at Toad, knocked him backward over a bench, and landed on his chest with both hands on his throat, slamming his head against the packed earth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tommy bashed into me, and when I started to fall backward, Ben caught me. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z And she can’t go backward because there is The Taker on Valentine’s Day, standing next to her locker with two roses. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Wait,” she said, and Grace took half a step backward. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Jemmy took another crackling step backward— and froze. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally they both shoved her backward into the aisle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Even as I slipped into sleep, I could feel Mom fading into the background, and Dad kept talking, and all the world was backward—but I couldn’t quite remember how our family used to be. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Before the first turn Abra’s hand came up and the box went sailing backward into the road. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Again, reader, we must go backward before we can go forward. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Whisking a handful of grass, my mother coaxed them into the light and watched the tiny yellow windows close and open again as the goats skipped backward into the shade. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That August, as Benton stepped into his dormitory at the University of Atlanta, he breathed deeply, closed his eyes, and fell backward onto his new bed. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She told herself that it was foolish and sinful to look backward when her safety lay before her, like a hiding-place hewn in the side of the mountain. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I’d made it through the frame and had taken a step into the hallway when my head shot backward. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She had now moved beyond my parents in the narrow street and was walking backward, the better, I suppose, to observe me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A big tall whitehaired man with a backward turn white collar, a little dumpty woman with her gray hair in plaits cross on top her head. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood a moment, took an irresolute step backward, then swerved suddenly and ran down a lane between two of the flower fields near the river. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z One of the smaller boys took a shuffling step backward. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She started walking backward, as though afraid to turn away from the eerie web. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Blood spurts from Brian’s nose and mouth as he falls backward to the ground, groaning. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He jumped backward onto firm ice and crawled the rest of the way to China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Clarisse went flying backward and landed in a smoldering patch of grass. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z "I can’t," I start to say again, when another arm grabs me, this one roughly, and pulls me backward. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He thought about the look on Mr. Klaus’s face when he went sailing backward down the hallway. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Her dad, leading the way, turned to them and walked backward. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z On the other hand, when one looks at “real” time, there’s a very big difference between the forward and backward directions, as we all know. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He rolled clumsily and pushed and squirmed backward, using the strength of his arms, until he was sitting with his back to the trunk of a tall ash. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At the sea horse tank Rose observes that their heads point backward! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I fired it as I was pushing myself backward and then I jumped off to the left. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Sierra stumbled backward, swatting blindly at the air. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She stepped backward clutching her bag, watching me, confused. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Those standing closest edged backward as a pair of guardsmen marched through. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The sleek, modern robot ahead of him hesitated and halted his backward steps, then resumed them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Many sentences that are built around all.. . not face backward. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes migrants riding on the trains climb from car to car, trying to move forward or backward. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Rambling treatises on the role of government in America with all the Gs written backward, paragraphs translated from English to Spanish, tables of his elementary school classmates’ strengths and weaknesses. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When she tried reading it backward, it was gibberish. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The giant stumbled backward, bumping into the Doors of Death. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Discouraged, she wriggled backward down the frost heave and arrived at her camp feet first. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Our warriors were forced backward to the cliffs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed his chair backward, scraping the floor, and went sullenly up to the front. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought the thing in her hands was an umbrella until she cranked the pump and the shotgun blast blew the giant twenty feet backward, right into Nico’s sword. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I saw Lupito lifted off his feet and hurled backward by the bullets. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In my mind I invented snmyhymns, as I call them, my own perverse hymns that can be sung equally well forward or backward: Evil, all its sin is still alive! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner screamed as he fell backward into the snow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Suddenly, Woundwort leaped backward and in the same moment, through the all-enveloping sound of the rain, there sounded a raucous clamor. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time her name was mentioned everything went up in price, which was so backward because she wanted everything to go down in price. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Falling backward, he scuttled madly away from the both of them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He dragged it with him as he slammed into her chest and knocked her over backward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mark had stumbled two steps backward, but he was just glad he hadn’t fallen down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z His hippocampus was treating him to 360° aerials and backward ollies, and Tyson was laughing so hysterically, the sound echoed up the side of the ship. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z We must be the most backward technical society in the Galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But I screamed and pushed him backward so that he fell off the bed and onto the floor. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then the apples spill to the ground and I'm blown backward into the air. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Charles was especially concerned about Etty, but he also worried about Lenny, who, funny as he was, seemed backward in his lessons. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Chess yelled at Natalie, even as he himself fell backward against the chair, which also rolled backward. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The guards reeled backward, clutching their heads as if they couldn’t figure out what to do. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He scrambled backward, nearly landing himself in the water. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The plane starts to move backward, and I’m surprised by how smooth it feels, like we’re already floating over the ground. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I could see Vonetta counting backward in her head and on her fingers. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I think we have arrived in a backward world—where black skins are few and not respected and pale skins seem to rule,” Amari commented quietly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The impact threw me backward into Our Lady. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her feet flew up from under her, and she contorted herself in the air so she would not fall backward. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, and for the record, Breezy?” he calls as he walks backward. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The car wound up backward in a ditch. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When they leaned forward they had to run forward, to keep up with their weight, and if they leaned too far backward they fell down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s close to my name spelled backward, I tell her. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Many of the gunters on the front lines took an involuntary step backward. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z You are his Killers, which he was not backward in owning. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z So many Biblical names sound backward, like Rahab, I wonder sometimes if the whole thing was written by a mental freak like me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Nero began edging backward along the tree limb. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I could almost hear them doing the mental arithmetic, calculating my age backward. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But when the great paws came down, they fell gently onto the man’s unprotected shoulders, and he didn’t fall backward, he stood his ground, and...and. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Someone counts backward and just like that, we're being broadcast live to the entire country. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As a soldier separated from the group, she took a step backward, directly into his path. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Snape had not yelled or jumped backward, but the look on his face was one of mingled fury and horror. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She fell backward in terror and almost got overwhelmed by the spider robots before I pulled her up and dragged her back toward the boat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The thing was tremendous, a gangly sprawl of clawed arms and legs, and just the sudden intensity of its presence threw Sierra backward. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I just cut down the ramp and flee back down the path, without a backward glance. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I can see kids counting backward on their fingers, trying to figure when their grandparents or great- grandparents were born, when they came to America, if they would have made the Neck Cut. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z My pants are on backward over my head and pulled down to below my shoulders so that the belt is around my chest. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z If Erin tried to put Stephanie down for the sake of her own reputation, I wasn’t going to bend over backward to make her feel comfortable. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z All three of them realized what it was at once, and leapt backward with a splash. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But most other modern people consider even New Guineans “backward.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I pushed the door backward and slipped into the van. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z McMellon instinctively jumped backward off the step and landed on his backside, firing as he flew through the air. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z If it went any more slowly, time would probably start to run backward. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He mentioned names of people I should find right away—to help us get settled he said, though I knew what he meant—and an address that seemed to be backward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d have said “Dad?” backward, which would have sounded the same as “Dad” forward. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Without a backward glance the fox bolted off into the Mossflower woodland. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A creative action shot, it showed a skydiver falling backward into a wide expanse of crystalline sky. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The others just looked amused, smirking at the poor, backward Fjerdan. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She took two steps backward and from this vantage point examined her brother anew. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Others would lean backward on the turnstiles and force their way through. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I could pull backward along with my arms and elbows. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But she keeps hitting the escape key, and it takes her backward. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The sucking began and kept going—the cub was obviously hungry—but stopped as soon as they moved backward. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z She takes a step backward, revealing Marlena, who may or may not have seen what just happened. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Women, patronized for millennia, traditionally denied real political and economic power, are gradually becoming, even in the most backward societies, equal partners with men. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Was that why he reeled backward, or did he see the sword after all? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I’ve been thinking about this all backward,” he said, shaking his head at his own foolishness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Well, there are a lot of letters that I’ve always seen backward. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I dug my heels in the thick carpet and leaned backward. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She scrabbles across the floor and leaps onto Walter, licking his face and wagging so hard she topples backward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I fall backward onto the ground, the rucksack digging into my back and making me look like an upturned turtle. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z If we fired them while we were pointed forward instead of backward, instead of reentering the atmosphere we would be boosted into a higher orbit, with no way to get down from it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The next thing he knows, he’s tripping over his own foot and stumbling backward into the table nearest him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If they were hit in the head they bent backward or whirled around. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Without so much as a backward look,” his biographer observed, “Loomis quit Wall Street for good.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When Ben saw his eye depart from the center of action, he stepped backward, like a caboose uncoupling from another car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The emperor was tossed forward and backward, his robe making him look like a golden ingot being juggled. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z So I walk backward to her and stop. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The toddler goes backward, hanging on the handrail and cautiously moving his squat legs down plank by plank. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It dwarfed his small, thin frame and he had to carry it with both hands, bending backward to lift it off the floor. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “He’s so ugly, when he was born his mama thought he was a backward centaur—with a horse butt for a face.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was on his heels, tipping backward, about to fall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Nicole said from a great distance, even though her face was inches from mine, “Jay, are you all right?” as I fell backward. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The lord and maester swept from the room, giving her not so much as a backward glance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Right behind the eight ball. I tried to work it backward through the ‘finger,’ and couldn’t. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I stumble backward, and something hits me in the back of the head. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There were never any new ants in the procession, only this same dozen going backward and forward, as they would do during all their lives. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Slicing wind gusted toward the intruders, lifting them up and sending them tumbling backward until they slammed against the rear wall and disintegrated. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He’s cut off mid-sentence because Alex has stopped in the middle of the corridor and yanked him backward into a kiss. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Jon drove him backward, attacking with every blow, keeping the older boy on the heels. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I also knew it was working when I couldn’t remember things clearly, felt like I hadn’t slept in days, and tried to put my shoes on backward. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But the wheel to our right is angled so that it can only be pushed forward or backward from where we’re standing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Then he straddled his driver’s seat backward and, in his reedy but modulated tenor voice, gave us the new installment of “The Laughing Man.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I get the irresistible urge to flee, but as I take a step backward, Daddy comes out of the kitchen. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He started toward the cabin door, then doubled back for another kiss, then jogged backward, keeping her in his sights. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I turn and look at him, walking backward. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Eric grabbed hold of my shoulder and pushed me backward with his forearm against my chest. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He could take the kick of a horse on his chest and not fall backward. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure I quite believed that, but I didn’t have long to wait to find out, because now the voice on the radio was counting backward from ten. 7-6-5-4-3-2-1! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Bud reared, thrusting his head so high I thought he might tumble backward. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But then everything came unstuck and Emma wrenched her arms away and Golan began to totter backward, and he stumbled and sat heavily on the rail. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But of course, looking backward, I could see a dozen clues that, had I bothered to add them together, would have led me to that very conclusion. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I think about how my checkpoints through town run backward on the way home. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z As if to demonstrate his excitement, Mr. Curtain shot backward in his wheelchair at breakneck speed, screeching to a stop beside his desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z With another nod toward the seated students, I left the lecture hall without a backward glance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She moved backward to get a running start. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z They rolled up sleeves and pantlegs which were many sizes too large, and wore dress caps backward. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry had the sensation that he was flying very fast, backward. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Very good! Now I’ll support you. Lean over backward as far as you can.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The pedestal is so hot from the fire that you fall backward off of it.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He moves a step backward so he’s even higher on the rock now. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The rat shrieked and stumbled backward, right into Henry’s sword. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I erase my part by erasing my words, deleting backward, despicable a are you. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She starts walking backward toward her entryway, smiling at him, taking an impressive number of steps before giving a final wave and turning away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She bent over backward not to be negative, but she had a view of students she could not suppress. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z You can tell that the film is being run backward because this kind of behavior is never observed in ordinary life. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus it’s hard to watch the compass and keep to the right course when you’re facing backward and pulling with all your might. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Dad’s fingers began to bow, bending unnaturally backward at the joint. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He stumbled backward and knocked over his lamp, which went out at once. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Similarly, in American English, standard practice is not to add a final s to backward, downward, forward, onward, upward, and so on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The words punched me in my chest, and suddenly I was flying backward, yanked by an invisible string through the door and down the hallway, until I was abruptly dumped at the entrance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He and Louis Napoleon pulled up chairs, spun them around, and sat backward in them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He was doing all right, until he took his first backward step toward the arch. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She walked backward, keeping her eyes on the thing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z They grapple along the wall until Henry physically picks him up off the floor and staggers backward, toward the bed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and rolled his head in a circle twice, then stopped with his head bent backward for a moment before raising it again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One of the men tumbled backward and came to his feet with his sword out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A yank, and the blood- rider stumbled backward, losing his feet and his sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tally felt herself crying, the tears driven backward by the wind The trees rushed past in the darkness for a while. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He copied Shaw’s exuberant, off-balance stance, as if being blown backward by the force of his own playing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dad would’ve gone backward through the turnstile, then swiped his Metrocard backward, then walked home backward as he read the New York Times from right to left. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I started to skip backward, but my foot hit something. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Her only advantage was that she knew this path backward and forward. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I’m yanked backward, lose my grip on Boggs, slam into the stones. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Gravity works backward here—the money flows uphill. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But he noticed that each of them cast a final backward glance at the vanishing Ferolind. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then something around them clicks softly and the carriage falls just a bit, and at the same time it tilts backward so they are looking up instead of forward. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ron and Harry shouted together; their spells collided and the monster was blown backward, its legs jerking horribly, and vanished into the darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z That day he was wearing a cap pulled on backward and a little to the side, and shades. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It causes an odd shiver to go running down my spine, and I step backward a little too quickly, anxious to put some space between the two of us. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He breathed deep again and slowly lifted his head, then shifted his weight backward. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mike went back into Brill, Brill went back into three others, and then they were all lurching and howling backward into the lunch counter. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Shep staggered backward against the bar, then collapsed to the floor with the broken end of the sword still jutting between his ribs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was left with vague memories of the cold smell of antiseptic and ammonia, and bright surgery lights burning into my eyes as I counted backward from ten. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Valley gave the cuco one good kick of her boot, and the cuco went flying backward while she and Thorn ran to Seven’s side. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She glanced over as he dropped the pamphlet on the wood of the table and stood up, pushing his chair backward. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He let go of the sword and tried to retreat, walking backward, but he tripped on the dog and fell. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Together, they stepped carefully backward, kicking their legs high to get over the fallen tree, which now offered their best protection against the hog. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Sorry for barging in,” I said, taking a backward step toward the door. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Sidestep backward around the other side of the cone. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Lupin sprang to his feet: His chair toppled over backward, and he glared at them so fiercely that Harry saw, for the first time ever, the shadow of the wolf upon his human face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He did not propose to be backward, given a chance to earn a much better—i.e., more highly paid—job. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z When he’d seen those evil centaurs and Cyclopes, it had seemed so wrong, so backward, that he thought his head would explode. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There was another tremendous BANG, and the next moment Harry found himself flat on his bed, thrown backward by the speed of the Knight Bus. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Working backward, I knew I wanted to make a dessert that would feature Polyface eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Again, it may help to look backward and see why crime had risen so much in the first place. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I step backward across the sidewalk and lean against the brick wall between Frenchy's and a closed sushi restaurant. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He stood up suddenly and knocked his nail keg over backward. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The wispy little witch beside Crouch began to rock backward and forward in her seat, whimpering into her handkerchief. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Well, well, well,” sneered Snape, taking out his wand and tapping the padlock once, so that the chains snaked backward and the gates creaked open. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They will know that a backward civilization like ours, wishing to receive messages from the skies, is likely to turn first to radio technology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t like the idea of owing him and couldn’t bear the thought of slipping backward again. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I scoot my body backward, away from the edge. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Please, don’t let my actions send us backward. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I turn backward and pull the stroller up the steps. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z My heart began to pound so hard I thought it would catapult me backward off the horse. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then Magdalys flew backward and the city around them spun into a wild blur. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The Helper took a step backward and averted his eyes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Milkman jumped up, knocking his chair backward, and trotted after Hagar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z In the moment it took her to take another labored breath, she fell backward in time and remembered another day, another hut. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He said: “As long as we can’t increase Rule 2 potential by giving further orders, how about working the other way? If we increase the danger, we increase Rule 3 potential and drive him backward.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Thomas took a step backward, noticing others doing the same. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I see her jump backward in the car until she sees my face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I trace the lines and bursts, wishing there were a way to go backward and make them what I wanted them to be. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He lets Henry push him backward on the bed and kiss him until his mind is blissfully blank, lets Henry undress him carefully. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It hits Tremaine hard enough to make him reel backward, dropping his life bar by 15 percent. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s the smoke. I’m fine,” I said feebly as the world went black and I pitched over backward. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He brought me magazines with pictures of Fabian and Bobby Rydell and encouraged me to accept what was coming with no questions, no backward glances. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The great strides of the pursuers brought them closer, so close that in a fearful backward glance Taran saw one of them, teeth bared in a snarl, reach out to clutch the stirrups of Lluagor. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He beat away the student's first two blows, but the third stung his leg and made him shuffle backward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z When he was almost to the top, a mere foot from the rim, I pulled myself up to my feet in one final lift and fell backward. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Soulzeren had, in the instant of the cry, reversed thrust on the sleigh, sending it scudding gently backward. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He looked at me a moment longer, then inched backward out of the driveway, leaving me with the smell of truck oil. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A bus is a typical example of a vehicle, so the backward association from vehicle to bus is effortless. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He gave Barbarossa a push that made him tumble backward against the sea horse. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Huge pale hands groped for her while veins bulged along Biter's arms, but the bonds held, and finally the man collapsed backward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Uncle Shepsel went backward into the lady behind him, who in turn fell back into the man behind her and so forth as the whole column of people toppled over. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z What I really feared was being strapped to a horse backward with my face bouncing in and out of the horse’s tail. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He bounced backward, but the behemoth Buckeye stood too close, Freddie had nowhere to go, and the ice cream soup dropped right into his lap. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The slamming door had gone blam! and now we were all watching Big Rose’s wide shoulders as she stepped in backward to the community center’s study room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z It was only the third stakes win of Pollard’s career, and in a backward kind of way, he owed it to Woolf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Or even better, if only I could go backward to eleven, instead of forward to thirteen! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Frank flailed backward like he was falling off a bar stool. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That last howling scream, exactly like the first, and then at the end a fixed, steadfast moving backward out of this world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She clutched her chest and fell over backward. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He grabbed the club and pulled the Flop over backward to the sidewalk. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The explosions of sound rock the air, and Mark stumbles backward until he slams into the wall of a cubicle. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I was alive when women wore those ridiculous clothes with the big shoulder pads and the nipped-in waists, with peplums over their bums like backward aprons. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Celaena tried not to wince as she slid backward in the saddle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The Warden jabbed at Armpit with her pitchfork, knocking him backward into the big hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He had to fan on it blow on it He made the nest ready again, held the hatchet backward, tensed, and struck four quick blows. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She shouts something now—the first time she has raised her voice—and strides backward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Harry tried to take a step backward but his legs wouldn’t move. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The Colonel pushed his arms into the foam of the couch and began to rise, but then fell backward onto the couch, lying on his back. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Ben-Ben’s dressed as Smalls in blue jeans and a white shirt, and Luis is Squints, with his thick glasses, his black cap on backward, and his striped shirt. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “Oh, stuff like magnesium salts, and alcohol for keeping the Deltas and Epsilons small and backward, and calcium carbonate for bones, and all that sort of thing.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I place my foot behind the shambler's and use my sickle to push it backward. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Bucky reacted sharply, jerking backward, his fists stretched out in front of him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He slid from Seabiscuit’s side as if gravity were pulling him backward. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought the Candle closer but the Letters were repellant & I believe were merely our Letters backward. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Over there they were hurling their bodies at a blocking sled, trying to drive it backward. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom screamed, squeezing the sides of the wheelchair as I tilted it backward. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He staggered backward, trying to regain his footing, then lowered his head to charge. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He puts it on backward and folds his arms like a bad rapper. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It hit the man in the chest, propelling him backward in an awkward cartwheel. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Tyson flew backward, plowing a trench in the sand. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Two Step yelled as he careened into her and they both tumbled backward in the saddle. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He fell down at the sudden movement and shuffled backward on his hands and feet, drops of sweat beading on his forehead despite the cool air. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z To summarize, the laws of science do not distinguish between the forward and backward directions of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifted her breasts a little wistfully with her palms, then let them fall, turned around, and slipped slowly backward into the cool water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gogol picks up a pencil, grips it tightly, and forms the letters of the only word he has learned thus far to write from memory, getting the “L” backward due to nerves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Mother stepped backward, but Shirley, anxious to prove her mettle, leaned forward an inch. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She stepped backward uphill, the steep slope forcing her step to be a small one. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The door’s edge creaks and with a suctioned pop, shifts backward. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z If you can bend space you can bend time also, and if you knew enough and could move faster than light you could travel backward in time and exist in two places at once. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The world went even darker around him as his feet thumped to a landing on a slippery surface, then shot out from under him; he fell backward into Teresa’s arms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He scoots backward in the dirt and then stands, dusting himself off. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I stumbled backward through the door before the smell could knock me unconscious and found the boys doubled over, holding their stomachs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “You’ll fall,” Luke said, and Eleanor gasped; she brought her eyes down with an effort and found that she was gripping the veranda rail tightly and leaning far backward. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Freckles is in jeans now, and a T-shirt and a corduroy jacket and backward ball cap. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I hoped things would bury themselves, like reverse evolution, creation going backward. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z With sudden comprehension, the young soldier sat up, knocking Jonathan away so hard the boy fell backward. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Squat and round and in a backward ball cap so tight, it might be cutting off circulation to his brain. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I flop backward on my bed, yanking the pillow back over my face. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z And stacked or lying upside down, even put in backward, were books—hundreds of them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The other pig spun around to face Striker and was hit in the stomach several times as he ran backward to get away. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Far enough that he needs to do one of his fancy backward walks to get to Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He laughed so loudly that I took an involuntary step backward. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He lost his balance and fell backward into the water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The force of the heat pushes Bailey backward, moving through him like a wave, the air burning hot in his lungs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mother, I can read you backward and forward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Iorek was moving backward only to find clean dry footing and a firm rock to leap up from, and the useless left arm was really fresh and strong. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A loud bang echoed around the stadium and a jet of green light shot out of the wrong end of Ron’s wand, hitting him in the stomach and sending him reeling backward onto the grass. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But this time, instead of jumping backward to avoid contact, Reggie stepped forward, allowing the man s forearm, not knife, to make contact with Reggie’s side. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The top of my head hits his nose with a crunch and he falls backward, me coming down right on top of him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A petite girl with a blue wristband, a headscarf, and floaties does something dangerous at the very last second—she turns around and falls backward, like someone pushed off a building. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Why did the human societies of the larger landmass derived from Pleistocene Greater Australia remain so “backward” in their development, while the societies of the smaller landmass “advanced” much more rapidly? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I folded my arms and stepped backward, away from the door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z And I started falling backward, as straight and as stiff as a tree. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Two straight horns jutted from above its eyes, pointing backward. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z One moment he was reeling backward, half-crouched behind his scarred shield; the next he charged. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Instead of returning my smile, Lissa gasped and stepped backward, almost falling over the lion bench. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z An hour later, the two scholars and the flitting icthyod paused again to look backward. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She kicked him upside the head one more time for good measure, and that last effort made the haint topple backward into the water rising around our feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Rub your belly and pat your head at the same time? Recite the alphabet backward?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Bit had turned around and was walking backward so he could look his friends in their faces. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He lasts approximately five seconds before stepping backward with hands raised in surrender. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When I lean away, she falters, stumbling backward, like I’ve pulled the very earth out from under her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Theon edged backward, away from the sudden fury in his father's tone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He takes his finger out of my face and steps backward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She balanced her weight on the banisters with her hands and planted her boots against Wylan’s chest, kicking him backward into Jesper. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z All this time the Lion’s song, and his stately prowl, to and fro, backward and forward, was going on. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He crept backward, away from the little man, and settled down below Bran's dangling feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I slide off the top plank and walk backward with it, but stumble and fall right on my bum. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z He was not an exceptional student, but neither was he backward, nor particularly bad at anything. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It turns out that, with respect to the stars, Venus turns once every 243 Earth days, but backward, in the opposite direction from all other planets in the inner solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited until they had crowded inside and then spurted ahead with a suddenness that rolled them all over backward. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I was only fifty yards from the road, when suddenly a rabbit exploded from underneath my feet and I leaped backward in surprise and fear. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A slash nearly got his knife hand as he stepped backward. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I was already dressed in my school clothes, and she was in her pajamas, and everything felt backward, but I focused on my plan and tried not to think of everything that was wrong. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The little boy lunged for my chest with his knife, but when he looked into my eyes, he hesitated just long enough for me to take one step backward. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She was rocking backward and forward slightly in her chair, exactly like Dobby did when he was teetering on the edge of revealing forbidden information. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z On some hastily homemade banners, the swastikas had been sewn on backward. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Another followed him, and still another, as one by one they were blown backward into the dark maze of tunnels we had just left. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They slam into an invisible wall and topple backward. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z After another burst of cackles she rolled backward and disappeared behind the lip of the roof’s gutter—one of the few homes that still had a roof. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “NO!” shrieked Hermione, and with a deafening blast from her wand, Fenrir Greyback was thrown backward from the feebly stirring body of Lavender Brown. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It reared, flipped backward, and fluttered into her arms, nestling its head deeply into the crook of her elbow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They worked backward from the messages, looking at repeated patterns and making logical guesses about what each letter could be. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Sixteen arms must begin to pull, sixteen knees must begin to fold and unfold, eight bodies must begin to slide forward and backward, eight backs must bend and straighten all at once. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Struggling against his weight, reeling backward, I knocked the fishbowl from its pedestal and it crashed to the floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Winky began to rock backward and forward on the ground, her breath coming in sharp bursts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And everyone in Afghanistan would be happy too, she said, once the antiprogressives, the backward bandits, were defeated. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z By means of a number of outflow valves, Soulzeren could control thrust in different directions—forward, backward, side to side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A young fellow somersaulted backward from the cart to the sound of drumming, while a fat man wearing a red jerkin and bells on his trousers danced a jig, and another played the tabor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His eyes were open too, but the pupils had disappeared—Art saw how they’d revolved backward and now looked inward at his skull. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She slapped a hand over her mouth and scrambled backward till she was pressed against the planks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z John Henry pivoted and forced another group to stumble backward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He performed a backward version of the loaves and fishes, trying to stuff ten thousand fish into fifty mouths, did the Reverend Price. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A hand hit little Willy right in the face, sending him over backward. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He started to count backward in his head. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Needle never touched him,- he reeled backward and fell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then he took a few brisk steps backward, and slipped into the next large group wandering across the square, letting the crowd pull him away. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He began to fall just as they were above it, clutched it with his furry feet at the last moment, swayed backward and forward twice, and found that he had landed successfully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Riding there, the rat faced backward, its tiny triangular face peeping out of her sand-colored hair. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z When astronomers peer at a distant galaxy, they are looking backward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He kept me out of the room, putting his big paws on my shoulders and forcibly walking me backward out to the hallway. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Moss felt Javier gently pull him backward, and he obliged, realizing that this might be the only chance for them to escape. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Still holding onto my pole, I tried to take a step backward. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem is that what some people regard as a positive or even essential change, others perceive as being a step backward. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I lock an arm around his neck and drag him backward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I lean back on my board, pull myself to a halt, and start inching backward. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Or maybe he just read it all backward,” said Rick. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Veturius gives his mother a short salute before releasing me and sauntering through the gate without so much as a backward glance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This appearance of a second outlaw seemed to overwhelm Professor McGonagall, who staggered backward and fell into a nearby chair, clutching at the neck of her old tartan dressing gown. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A man tips him for guiding him backward out of a parking spot. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Several of the students stifled cries; Ron had thrown himself backward and almost toppled off his seat as the spider skidded toward him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His hands extend toward me, but I step backward in to his desk. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Because I say so! You will fall backward! The rest of the group will catch you! Then you’ll switch places until everyone has a turn falling backward!” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The third time, as he came up into the shallow water, I walked backward across the sand bar so he would not see me, and pulled on the string with all my strength. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In a few minutes, the freight train gave a sudden lurching that flung her backward. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Lily screamed: The branch caught Petunia on the shoulder, and she staggered backward and burst into tears. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I told her I can write the alphabet backward a hundred times in my sleep. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Again the young bull’s flank was ripped deep, and again the force of the blow threw him backward into the water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The east is gray; it will be primrose soon and then red with firing and once more the weary backward marching will begin, retreating from annihilation, falling back upon defeat, though not quite yet. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Most were sucked backward like kites on strings, reeled back to the metal hand to watch as the sleigh, spinning slowly, scudded farther and farther out of their reach. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Now that Izzy was gone, she felt herself drained, and she slumped backward in her chair, letting her ponytail drape over the back. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He walks backward, pulling me with him so I stumble. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I began sliding backward along my belly to the frozen bank. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She stood up so forcefully the chair almost fell backward behind her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z His impact sent the baby buggy rolling backward. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He cursed and stumbled backward, and we both crashed to the ground. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Her expression is so intent that I glance down, assuming I've put my chest plate on backward. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “But I’m afraid you have it backward. It is better to live on one’s feet than die on one’s knees. That is the way the saying goes.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The country was extremely backward: people used wooden plows and lived on a very simple diet supplemented by home-brewed beer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben ran backward trying to catch the first glimpse of the plane, watching for the sharp reflection of sunlight off a wing or cockpit window, but still he could not see it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever so slowly, we eased our way backward through the crowd, being careful not to attract attention. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Real potatoes are backward for him. Remember this is our newly middle-class world. We haven’t completed the first cycle of prosperity, before going back to the beginning again, to drink milk from the cow’s udder.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The force of their collision sent both Sierra and the haint backward. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z His round black eyes fixed on Virgil from his nest in the backpack, which Virgil was wearing backward so he could lean against the wall and watch Gulliver at the same time. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He staggered backward across his front yard, which was the size of a bathroom mat, and flopped onto his back. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The window frame sprang free, and still grasping it by the bars, he tumbled backward off the box. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “You realize that our Negro population is backward, don’t you? You will concede that? You realize the full implications of the word ‘backward,’ don’t you?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z "I'm gonna let myself fall backward, and I'm trusting you all are going to catch me." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He points to something that’s floating, moving forward and backward with the rolling surf—a dark outline in the rolling water, visible for only moments between waves. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He smudged a few more in Max’s shirt, did a backward somersault, and pressed himself up to his feet quickly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As we tied our head cloths, Sheku, standing next to me, fell backward. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He looks like he’s just been dragged backward through a hedge. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I scoot backward across the platform and lean against the metal steering wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It is the new year, and like the two-faced god Janus, I look forward and backward at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z In another room of the hotel, a guest was hurled backward. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z One hand on the reins, the other clutching the tub, I stepped backward and ducked as he jabbed forward with the spear, but not quick enough to avoid it ripping through my shoulder. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He stopped paddling and let his pirogue drift, taking up again only once the current dragged him backward. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I sat down on my bed, cringing through another flush of embarrassment, and kept turning pages, going backward in time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Lying at the foot of the stairs with her head turned backward,” finished a third bristling with porcupine quills. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And then our heads moved slowly backward and we stared out across the lawn, and I felt like the newly born horse who knows nothing but feels everything. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Powell spread his arms outward with a vague smile upon his face and tumbled backward onto the bed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The leader moved ahead a little, trunk raised, and they could see how he propelled himself with powerful backward strokes of his lateral limbs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I sink backward onto my bed, staring up at the ceiling. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I want you to count backward for me. Start from ten.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He slid backward and did not bother to cover his tracks. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was still no answer, for he was hurling things backward out of the closet, garments, shoes, a suitcase. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius instead fell backward, and the bus, exhaling diesel exhaust, rumbled past an inch or two from his desert boots. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He counted to three in his mind, timing it just right with his legs swinging backward, then letting go as they swung forward. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He hovered there for a second, rising a little higher than before, and then he sailed backward into the soft grass again. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I had learned from rabbits to kick backward. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as wormholes can, in theory, send you halfway across the universe in the blink of an eye, they can send you backward and forward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The cell door opened and the inmate stepped out backward, wearing socks but no shoes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She stumbles backward and her foot catches on a bicycle rack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For this reason, Egyptian religious holidays had a tendency to slip backward relative to the seasons. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He sits on the edge of his bed and falls backward. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Harry fell backward, his glasses askew, clutching the Cloak around him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The smith’s prentice jumped backward and hit a table, knocking it over and almost falling to the ground himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He took a step backward before realizing what he was doing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z When I got back on the bike with him, I worried that we could roll backward, tumbling down the hill. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He was pulling me back, and my hands, grasping for something to hold, slid backward over the smooth floor. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Carter took a step backward that was almost like a nervous twitch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I scrambled backward as the roof disintegrated into a mass of falling rubble. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Two girls were swinging backward and forward, and a skinny boy was watching them from behind a clump of bushes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She saw one of the riders swing his whip over his head—and then fly backward when a metal bucket came tumbling through the sky and cracked him across the face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And he kept walking, without a backward glance, until he reached the sidewalk, where he turned to the right and headed for the activity down the road. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She shoulder checked me hard enough to make me stumble backward and almost lose my footing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He rose, and took his leave with nary a backward glance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her heart threw itself backward and clung to the bars of her ribcage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She wore black jeans, a gray Gap T-shirt, and a blue trucker’s cap turned backward. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Clutching his forearm, the psycho staggered backward a few steps. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It had a hinged lid, and the lid was open, hanging backward. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They try to drag themselves backward, unable to breathe, coughing and choking and gasping. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I grabbed his thumb and twisted it backward. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Magdalys noticed Two Step and Mapper had spun their chairs around and straddled them backward the way David and Louis did. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Maxie skipped a few steps ahead of me, then turned around and walked backward so we were looking at each other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The crowd took a step backward, and some of them started to run. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And I could see it then—see how it didn’t work backward, how it could never work backward. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I grab hold of Amara’s strong arms, clinging for dear life with both my hands as she edges herself backward. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z With a reluctant backward glance the well-disciplined child held to her nurse's hand and was pulled out the door, just as Tom came back, preceding four gin rickeys that clicked full of ice. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Yossarian was making an uncouth spectacle of himself by walking around backward with his gun on his hip and refusing to fly more combat missions, Milo said. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The animal staggered backward, slapping at its own forehead. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She kicked Frank in the chest and sent him flying backward across the lobby. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z From all the movies I’ve seen, bouncers are normally stubborn in their ways and absolutely intimidating, but here at Clint’s Graveyard there’s a young woman wearing a fitted cap backward welcoming everyone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Gaily stumbled backward and crashed into the desk by the window. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In my head I could count to one thousand—forward and backward. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z That was how backward families in the country were. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Cold air blowing over him and fear billowing backward into the hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It landed squarely on top of his head and sent him tumbling backward down the ladder, in the process knocking Jillson down as well. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “But it feels like we are going backward. Girls are getting more deprived of our rights.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps the poor chap finds it as difficult to live backward as you do.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a special talent to be able to write backward. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z She stepped backward uphill, the steep slope forcing her step to be a small one. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z My reaction to a loud sound is part of who I am, the same as loving math and writing backward and re-reading books. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z She immediately pulls the gun away from the blond kid’s forehead, plants a foot on his chest, and pushes him over backward. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I glance at the other trainees as I step backward. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Our Father, who now made a point of being home to receive Tata Ndu, would pull up one of the other chairs, sit backward with his arms draped over the back, and talk Scripture. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She shoves me, pushing me so hard, I fall backward, my head slamming into the wall. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The man holding the chain jerked it, and the boy’s father fell backward into the wagon. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she yanks away, taking several steps backward and staring at me with stricken eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Jason tumbled backward over the edge, his arms flailing, screaming as he fell. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Adam made one desperate jump backward and raised his hands to guard his face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He rocked backward and forward on his small feet for a moment and spun his bowler hat in his hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Holding its body between her knees, Ma takes its head and bends it backward, stretching its neck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She flicks one and takes a few steps backward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “When I walk forward, you go backward. And when I walk back, you go forward.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Bellatrix laughed, the same exhilarated laugh her cousin Sirius had given as he toppled backward through the veil, and suddenly Harry knew what was going to happen before it did. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He stepped backward, as though she were contaminated with an invisible contagion. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z "Is your last name your first name backward?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Van Eck took a few steps backward, putting distance between himself and Kaz’s loaded gun. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The wave smothered the boat and sucked me down into darkness and backward in time to Woodhull Road, three years earlier, the car crash under the elevated train. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She went down backward, steadying herself on clumps of grass, and at the bottom paused only to wipe her hands on her dress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The statement made me leap backward in shock, as if I had been hit with a fist. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They scampered backward, and then crept forward shyly again. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Ugh,” he groans in exasperation, shoving Henry backward by the shoulders and making a disgusted show of looking him up and down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I hop-skip backward to the side wall and pick it up, and as I bounce next to Ben-Ben, Malik picks up another ball. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I don’t care that you write your Ns backward and that you sometimes read nap instead of pan, which means you have to go to summer school this year. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She clicked an arrow and the feed started going backward in slow motion. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Time moves in both directions—forward and backward—and what happens here and now changes them both. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It galloped past so close I leapt backward on tiptoe, flush with the canvas to avoid being impaled on one of its crooked horns. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z If I could reach backward somehow to give Father just one gift, it would be the simple human relief of knowing you’ve done wrong, and living through it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn backward in my seat and lean over to bother Joon. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The hitch was that Orpheus was forbidden from looking backward until he was clear of the dread god’s domain. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I’m walking away from the steps, backward, increasing the space between Jeremy and me, with Soon-Lee the monkey in the middle. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But then Mrs. Baker said something that made the world spin backward. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Perhaps Monet stood on the grass at the stroke of midnight and looked at the stars— neck bent backward, unsteady on his feet from the champagne. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She promulgated this philosophy with disastrous effects to two southern belles whom she took under her wing in order to renovate their backward minds. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later, the man ahead began kicking backward, cutting both of Louie’s shins. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Nothing much, but it scared me. It seemed all backward—they were putting the cart way out in front of the horse.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And so, without a backward glance at any of them, we do. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Because I believe that symbol is supposed to represent the word ‘yes,’ which backward would be ‘s-e-y.’ Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He walks backward, toward the mammoth metal structure at the other end of the lawn, and I follow him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Harry looked up at the stars still glimmering palely in the dark sky and listened to the sea washing backward and forward against the cliff: He was going to miss the sound. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He reached down and grabbed the hood of the woman’s sweater and dragged her backward, then propped her up next to Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There were those who would have seen us stumble backward into hatred and vitriol and prejudice, who wanted to reignite old embers of division within our country’s very soul. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He stopped maybe an inch away, and as I jumped reflexively backward, the two of them dissolved into laughter and strolled off down the gallery. 102.10,1 thought, threats to an officer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The waitress leaned forward and pulled at one of Edward’s ears and then pushed him backward so that she could see his face. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z He saw men, resplendent in white uniforms, running effortlessly backward against a field of deep green. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, to kill time painlessly for the Comanches, he straddled his seat backward and released a new installment of “The Laughing Man.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I squeezed the trigger of the sixteen and watched him hurtle backward. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m unstable almost immediately and begin to fall backward. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s closer than would be considered decent by any standard, but Katherine doesn’t step backward. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I continued to feel as if we were falling backward, our whole family in a giant trust fall. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The old bus climbed slowly, and as the driver negotiated the gears, gas, and gravity, it felt as though at any moment it would roll backward. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z He shoved me backward and then held a wrench up to my face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With beaming faces and nary a backward glance, they followed Jackson out. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Hector Santos said, “Like you bend backward, especially when you don’t want to.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He lets go and rises so quickly the bench falls backward onto the grass. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She swung a chair around and sat backward in it, glaring at her brother. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell her he had no right going backward. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He falls backward, and I see the hardwood floor coming at my face so fast, I can’t even swear. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Even if you had a device that could travel backward in time, they say, you would be unable to do anything that would make any difference. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A broken razor flinging them backward over his shoulder the same motion complete the jerked skein of blood backward not looping. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, good,” she said, “because I was a little bit worried this morning when you came out with your shirt on backward and then stuck your cereal in the microwave.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Iorek had to move backward, a step at a time, and to crouch low under the rain of blows from the jeering bear-king. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He tried pushing himself backward, but it was no use. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He took a step backward, walking toward the stone steps, avoiding the desiccated remains of people and animals on the floor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I shove him backward, but he grabs my lapels and so we crash into the vanity together. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Warily, she moved backward away from him, but he made no move to attack her, and did not even look up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She plays the tape backward and forward, stops and starts, scribbles down identifiers she missed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z We move backward and the back of my legs bump into the couch. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z For a split second, he seemed to hang suspended beneath the shining skull, and then he fell slowly backward, like a great rag doll, over the battlements and out of sight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As Melanthios came out the two men sprang, jerked him backward by the hair, and threw him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A second later a gust comes up and just blows him over backward into the night, beyond the beam of my headlamp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Then starve,” he said and rode away without a backward glance. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z McMellon falls backward and starts firing—and a man falling backward in combination with the report of a gun seems like it can mean only one thing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She stumbled backward from him with a little yelp. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The wind picked up, and Hyperion staggered backward. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z This was only a job, and when it was over they would leave without a backward glance, and besides, they didn’t much like the bears, for all their gold. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Charles described the baby as “backward in walking and talking, but intelligent and observant.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The blow sent me reeling backward into the crowd. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z It appeared to be moving backward and forward. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I start with the last chapter and read backward until I get to the beginning. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Not an especially hard push, but it caught Travis by surprise and he stumbled backward a couple of steps. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z A slimy white hand had gripped his wrist, and the creature to whom it belonged was pulling him, slowly, backward across the rock. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His hand went backward 330 and, fishing out a cow’s foot from the basket, he let it fly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No surprise that people bent over backward to please scythes in every possible way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Suddenly Brand uttered a bellow and charged into Cooke and swept him violently backward. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas stood up quickly, stumbled backward, horrified—Alby struggled as if he was having a seizure, his legs kicking in every direction. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Running backward, making applesauce, doing jumping jacks, gargling, blowing bubbles, slicing garlic, making a house out of playing cards, stringing popcorn, organizing furniture, drawing mazes, and making pinatas.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The result was that he walked into something very large and solid, which knocked him backward onto the floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She’d gone off without a backward glance when Maria was only five. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z By then Tyrion had managed to squirm backward a few inches, so he was half sitting against his pillow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He moved backward down the shining street, looking at his father—his father who moved toward him, one hand outstretched in fury. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Will darted forward suddenly, just as he’d done to the man in his house, and with the same effect: his antagonist tumbled backward unexpectedly, falling over Lyra to crash onto the lead. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like I was living in a different world where everything was backward. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She swings her legs back and forth, and while they swing I could swear both her hands are on backward, as are her feet. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And without a backward glance at Harry, Filch ran flat-footed from the office, Mrs. Norris streaking alongside him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He pushed up and then threw himself backward, crushing Will between himself and the parapet, and that was too much; all the breath left Will’s body, and in the shock his hands loosened. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Thalia pushed me, and a shock went through my body that blew me backward ten feet into the water. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We take three big steps backward and the crowd fills in the space between us and Dr. Shabani. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z You would go backward in time, so the first floor would have the current century. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z So I pedal backward and practice riding no-hands, and I make big figure eights like a circus clown to keep slow pace with him as we go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He shook it and took a step backward. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He took a couple of steps backward as he watched the limo drive down the street and turn the comer. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She took a few steps backward and held out her hands. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z A part of me wondered, then, if I hadn’t had it backward this entire time. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Undeterred, I moved around to the other side, gripped the padlock with both hands and pulled backward. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I was drowning and you threw yourself into the water without hesitation, without a backward look. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Wait. Do you see me backward right now?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z One wrapped a square leg around his; the other kicked him in the back of the knee; the third pushed him backward onto the cowboy, who was whirling in the vicinity. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He staggered backward as Frank landed in front of Hazel and returned to his normal form. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He only managed to fall over backward with his legs kicking in the air. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z If you take a film of this, you can easily tell whether it is being run forward or backward. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I crept to my bed and wrote what I had seen and heard, then wrote the ending backward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam is screaming and pulling at him till he falls backward into the kitchen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z About halfway I started to overbalance and swung my legs backward to keep from tipping over. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Those willing to pay the exorbitant fees are shifted backward in time to view history firsthand. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The speed and force of the pounce, not a length away, were terrifying and Hazel leaped backward, knocking Silver off his balance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She then limps backward, away from the gun and toward the edge of the room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Stanley's father's full name was Stanley Yelnats III. Our Stanley is Stanley Yelnats IV. Everyone in his family had always liked the fact that "Stanley Yelnats" was spelled the same frontward and backward. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Letting her neck flop backward, she closed her eyes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z One woman brags that she can read and write upside down and backward, and that when she writes with her right hand, her left hand can follow along and write the same sentence backward. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Peeves puffed out his cheeks, blew hard, and zoomed backward out of the room, cackling. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The lilac jacaranda tree by the gate, leaning backward over the fence as if the wind had made it laugh, was exactly as I remembered it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She walked into her bedroom, shutting the door with a backward kick, and dropped onto the bed, scattering the books across the crimson surface. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He imagined himself falling off the roof, falling backward to a sure dying and laughing all the way. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll talk about it,” he said, and then he had eased her backward again. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His cane smacks a groveler, who leaps backward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I hope she’s right, because I want to think that Mr. Daniels doing something mean to anyone is like a fish swimming upside down and backward. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The gull kept flying backward and forward along the direct line to the bank, only alighting now and then to guide Bigwig toward some straggling doe whom he had spotted going the wrong way. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they turned round and swayed backward and forward once or twice, in order to get their weight on their toes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The paper pushed its way out onto the tray of backward letters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron looked half resentful, half sheepish; he rocked backward and forward on his feet for a moment, then said, “Right then, well, that’s...yeah.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Cliff stumbled backward, fell over, and had to scramble to his feet again. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z J. Walter Thompson over there is bouncing backward and forward like a tennis ball... Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, Alan had asked her to fall backward with the assurance that he would catch her and that she would see she could trust him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z If you start sinking, you simply fall backward and spread yourself out as far as you can as you try to pull your legs free. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I hope it’s not too backward to say that I felt like I had never heard anything on my hi-fi back home that came out that good. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The man staggered backward; his crossbow loosed its bolt, which flew wild. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She had memorized the note backward and forward, but repeating the words hadn’t made their meaning any clearer. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I took a few more backward steps, preparing to run. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Her legs went up in the air like she was doing a backward tumble. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He swung it backward with both hands and connected with Newt’s head, sent him sprawling across the bed as a small spray of blood sprinkled the sheets. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The picket guard fell backward, the breath knocked out of him. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Following a sudden shout, several men fell backward down the stairs onto those waiting below. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I start swinging my arms and walking backward. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I hated her weak neck, the way it did not support her head but let it droop; her head would fall backward. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad did turn around, walking backward for a few steps. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He stumbled a step backward, and the man smiled. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z With a sharp gasp he fell backward down the stairs and crashed his head brutally against the hall table. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She pedaled harder, but the boat kept sliding diagonally backward. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It would’ve clawed me to pieces, but as I fell backward, my fingers closed around a clay jar—one of Beckendorf s containers of Greek fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I shall argue that such beings would have a psychological arrow of time that was backward. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A current had driven them backward, in spite of all their efforts. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She began lighting them at the fire, grumbling about the backward place and the naked, northern savages to have no candles, while Guenever hummed absently. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The weaker ones fell backward and were sucked underfoot, unable to pull themselves up. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The frame shakes as he adjusts the lens, and after it steadies he walks backward, still peering my way. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Eight bare backs swung forward and backward in perfect unison. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Surprisingly, the black man stumbled backward, almost fell. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Instinctively, he threw out his arms to break his fall, and the fingers on his left hand bent backward. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I walked backward but kept my head turned so I could see where I was going. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know who you’re waiting for,” Chronicler said, taking a step backward. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I have noticed that he, too, reads things backward: what the billboards are really selling, for example. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I step forward so I can close the door behind me, but she doesn't step backward, so now we're almost touching. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Jon let go his grip on the girl's hair, and she scuttled backward, away from them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z People were chasing backward and forward past the door of their compartment. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “The more you learn how to leave your backward ways behind, the easier things will be for you. Your days of being an idle farm girl are over.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She didn’t stop, and pretty soon she’d forced me to the far end of the strip until I literally fell backward to the floor. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Planets would seem to zoom backward as Earth overtook them; no epicycles were needed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He rose to his hind legs, took a step backward, tripped over a low branch and fell flat on his back. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Falconer grew more confident as the duel went on, pressing his advantage, driving Mr. Armin backward first one step, then another. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Bede didn’t want to abandon the new dating system, so he extended Dionysius’s calendar backward. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But I carried on groaning and rocking backward and forward. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He swung his right arm upward to shake Harry’s hand, but at the last moment seemed unable to face it, and merely closed his fist and began swinging it backward and forward like a metronome. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z With knees bent and both feet still above his head, Train Ear “hand-walked” backward and then forward, his sneakers just missing the faces and newspapers of a few riders. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Then, without the smallest change of expression, they both keeled over backward onto the floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Said he, “I stepped backward into our tent.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The commander turned to look backward over his shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The younger of the two men hoisted the stretcher and began walking backward toward the main house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z With every stroke forward, a giant invisible hand had pushed him two strokes backward into the bay, returning him toward the shore. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She dropped into a backward roll, pulling her bound hands under her legs so her arms were in front of her. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I slowly put the letter down and picture Lev's life before I met him, going backward in time. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The ship’s bow displays an ornate wooden carving in the semblance of a backward copyright symbol. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I can’t say why I didn’t lean backward or to the side. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But you would have to be able to read backward to read the lines. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She did knock my avatar backward a few feet, though. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I fancied that a malevolent Rumpelstiltskin crept into my room at night and undid my best work, turning the gold of my efforts into pathetic dross on a wheel perversely spinning backward. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The dragon pulled himself backward along the grass, letting the yellow fluid flow in a long, viscous trail. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z My eyes see letters dancing backward across whatever page they're printed on. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, the train speeds up or slows down, smashing couplers together and jarring him backward or forward. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Jam gasped and scrambled backward off the painting until she was pushing away from it, her chest rough and heaving, her left palm loud with hurt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He moved backward—but there wasn’t far to go. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Henry kicks the car in reverse, and we roll backward until we’re out of the tunnel. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I scramble to my feet and stumble backward, only to find that there’s nowhere to go. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Only feet move, quickly, slowly, backward or forward. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When the kick came, she flew backward, but she didn’t go far. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Martin tilts backward in his chair and looks up at the ceiling. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He let go of Chuck, slumped backward, trying not to look at the boy’s shirt, black with blood. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z JPs head snapped back, and purple blood sprayed from beneath my knuckles as he lost his balance and fell backward—right into the muddy shallows of the lake. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The wheels spun, one moment, two—the car lurched forward and backward, and her mother swore even more colorfully, and then they were free. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Without apparent exertion of any kind it swam off backward under a water-lily. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even craning my neck backward, I didn’t see how that scene ended. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They all took several steps backward, stunned by what they had done. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Master stepped back and Ugwu watched his father sway, almost falling over backward. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah, baby, relax,” says a guy wearing a backward baseball cap. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Most of the time Werner rides facing backward, looking at land they are leaving, back toward Poland, back into the Reich. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Newt finally gave up, collapsing backward in defeat. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Uma bent over backward to impress her yoga teacher. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The man advances, places both hands on Cecil’s chest, and shoves him backward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Capricorn gave him a look of such contempt that Basta flinched backward as if he had been struck. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He held down his head so that she could reach, and she, stretching up backward with a white arm, twisted his forelock round her finger. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a curious sensation, being hit by an oncoming car while flying backward on a bicycle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But then she stumbles backward, hand to her mouth, and lets out a scream. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She took small steps backward until she stood on tiptoe, the seat pressed against her behind. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He walks me backward through the lanai doors until the backs of my knees are pressed into the bed. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I could always read backward and just assumed everyone else could, too. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I sat in the chair backward, watching her with a small mirror I found in an amazingly decrepit bathroom, and she never missed. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to do anything but fall backward into the dream I’d been having. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z With his blank eyes he seemed to be looking backward in time. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was astonished to see how our leaders treated him only as a threat to their power, inciting mistrust by playing on backward, anti-intellectual ideas about race and class. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “They’re sisters. They get help once a week because they read and write everything backward.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Abandoning all pretense, Ron pushed his chair backward, as far away from Moody’s desk as possible. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He fell backward, but could not dislodge himself from my weapon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Nick falls to his knees, head thrust backward for the grand finale. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He was balanced on a hair-line now, but there was no one to push him forward or backward, no one to make him feel that he had any value or worth—no one but himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He started walking backward, beaming, drinking them in. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Those unevolved, backward rules were the flies in the Langley buttermilk. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The merchant was panting heavily from the effort of running backward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Neville ran repeatedly backward from his, which didn’t seem to want to bend its knees. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I tried to wear a backward baseball cap to cover it up, but everyone knew of its existence. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z His partner pulled him backward by the hood of his sweatshirt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I counted backward from ten, felt my breath slowly evening out. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Pay close attention," Ivy whispers to me before slinking backward into the growing pack of onlookers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But I fell backward instead, never letting go, and managed to pull Ben into my boat on top of me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He staggered backward and collapsed onto the waterlogged floor with a great splash, his wand falling from his limp right hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They are poorer than Mexicans, and they are seen as backward and ignorant. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Alex twisted the accelerator and yelled out as the machine rocketed away, almost throwing him backward off the saddle. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The helmet was ridiculously small, and he put the cape on backward, like a spqr baby bib. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I'm thrown backward to the ground, body useless, paralyzed, eyes frozen wide, as feathery bits of matter rain down on me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Just like I knew it would, it moved a few steps backward. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Nick gave a strangled cry and staggered backward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Oh, I knew it all, backward and forward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As we cowered behind her, she wobbled and nearly slipped backward off the rocks, which between her weight and the door’s would’ve crushed us all. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Mark jumped to his feet and took a couple of steps backward. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “If you eat it, you will fall over backward and die.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She opened her mouth and directed a jet of noise right in their faces, so that their heads rang and they nearly fell backward. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z That is the name of my story, forward and backward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z With the exception of ourselves, all men at Pollsmoor were common- law prisoners, and their treatment was backward. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept jerking around, backward, as though somebody might be listening. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Toussaint was not unlike an ambassador from a small, fierce, and backward land. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I dangled the Story Box and pranced backward until I was on the top of the dune where I had left my bundle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z On the other hand, when you count backward, it is second nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The noisy one took a few quick steps backward and said, “No time to waste; come along now.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Another deep sigh, another subtle shifting of weight, and then she takes a couple of steps backward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Would I next see birds flying backward, or cows crocheting doilies? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Edwin’s stump tipped over, and he fell backward in surprise. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Watched the thing gasp in surprise, stumble backward, crumble. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Has to raise his one eyebrow at his backward dance move and try to make his friend laugh. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He wanted to look neither backward nor forward. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She stomped into her room and fell down backward on her bed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I slid backward, toward the pillows, shoving my back into the headboard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He planted it right in her midsection; she yelped and jolted backward, flailed to grab hold of her partner. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She had been rocking a little, each crash against the door pushing her a little backward, and now she was still because the noise was fading. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Dimple sighed and flopped backward so she was lying flat on the bed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was like making gliding turns to an airport, except that we were coming in upside down and backward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I stand back up, lean left, right, backward, and then wobble and stumble across home. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “We’re not Snape!” croaked Harry, before something whooshed over him like cold air and his tongue curled backward on itself, making it impossible to speak. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Jane takes off running ahead of me and I don't know whether I'm supposed to follow her or not, but then she turns around toward me and starts skipping backward. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z She dragged a heavy stuffed chair backward to the shelf and climbed up on the very top of its back. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The truck crawled steadily and slowly but backward up Carmel Hill. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Scoob stumbles backward and falls as Dad advances on him, pillow held at the edges with both hands. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z First I put my costume on backward, and then I spend ten minutes looking for my contact lenses before remembering I’m wearing them. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Minho’s head snapped up so quickly, Thomas took a step backward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Again, reader, we must go backward, before we go forward. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Some of them took a step backward, and all five moved a little closer together, as if they were afraid. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z TJ falls over backward, laughing something awful, but I don’t find a darn thing funny. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She could see the lines of his life leading backward from this moment, through time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He leapt backward, spear heavy in his hand, and managed to trip over his own feet and land with a thud sitting down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then she crawled backward out of the lean-to. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanley took a step backward, carefully avoiding Zero's hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z There was a loud bang, and Mr. Malfoy was thrown backward. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I can see her leaning backward as if she's trying to retreat. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Hours later, walking home, my boots crunching on the snow, I bent my head backward to drink in the crystal stars. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at the young woman, but the sounds coming from her mouth were garbled, backward. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Muhammad grabs my arm like some backward, uncouth man and tugs me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The sás symbol still looked like a backward three. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Alexander took a step backward into her hallway. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Thomas jolted up from the chair, knocked it backward, spun in a circle, searching. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But he had made David learn the feel of the boat, learn to ease her backward out of the slip gently, silently, then let the sails fill and move forward effortlessly. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I also observed that his name, backward, was the French verb for wearing one’s clothes threadbare, so I told him that as well, with no offense intended as his clothes were fine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She probably would’ve said worse, but I smacked her between the eyes with my sword-butt and sent her stumbling backward out of the creek. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The sight of her made him lurch up, knocking both officers backward, but just for a moment. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Kingsley was striding backward and forward, glancing up at the sky every time he turned. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She reached her hands backward trying to collect it all. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The wall on Kyle’s right swung open, revealing six swiveling sections, each pivoting panel maybe twenty feet long, all skittering sideways and gliding backward to create new walls and reconfigured pathways. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z It took a thousand years for the idea to catch on in remote and backward Europe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I almost felt myself falling backward into my own past. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He scrambled backward along rough wooden floorboards, crying out again, this time at the pain shooting up from his right foot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I stuck the Fury on the left with its hilt, sending her toppling backward into a seat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I clumb up in the chair and the barber tilted the whole thing backward, having me looking up at the tin ceiling of his shop. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Staggered, he stepped backward, his head turning this way and that as he searched for his foe. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z You can tell she paces, because the nap of the living room rug runs backward in an oval, picking its way around the convertible sofa. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Three or four steps backward, smiling that gentle smile, before he turned and fled in earnest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A backward question mark formed the lion’s head and chest, and a triangle to the left represented the lion’s haunches. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I startle and fall backward with a thud. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In one, guys wearing backward baseball caps lie goofily on classroom desks; in another, a group of kids wearing American Revolution-style three-corner hats stand on a lawn. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Tobias follows us, walking backward so he can keep his gun on the Erudite woman. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z What sounded really simple, moving forward and backward, was actually quite difficult. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Where’s it coming from?” she cried, shuffling backward in her bedroom slippers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Were he to drop here and happen to fall backward, down these few stairs he’d go. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Sarah named him Stanley because she noticed that "Stanley" was "Yelnats" spelled backward. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He leaned backward on his elbows and puffed smoke. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z With a rage that welled up from deep inside her, Marigold pushed her brother and the bicycle, hard, backward down the path... . .. straight into the oncoming car. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Since he would not go backward into the hail of blows Dill stepped forward at a brisk pace and joined her in the pool. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But he kept walking backward, like he couldn’t get away from me fast enough. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I shrugged without warning her, and the little doll toppled backward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A truck slammed into her and carried her backward a hundred yards, but she just climbed over the cab, pulled the arrow out of her head, and launched back into the air. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He got in Marcus’s face, using his weight to bully him backward. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A rush of cold slammed into Hazel, and of dread, and of awe—so much that she took a step backward. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He’s already walking away backward, and Liam is rolling his eyes in an annoyed but fond way, not in a this-is-why-I-stopped-talking-to-you way, so he keeps going. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z About thirty seconds later, Marv comes rushing backward out the door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Before him my life was a palindrome—the same forward and backward, like “A man, a plan, a canal. Panama,” or “Madam, I’m Adam.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The sound makes him jerk backward, and he knocks his head on the top of the wardrobe, and the candle falls, and von Rumpel lands on his back. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We started with the 50s wing of dorms and made our way backward around the hexagon—she pushed open the back windows while I looked out and made sure no one was walking by. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Rafik leaned backward on the tarp, as far from the cheese as he could. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She keeps rocking backward and forward in her chair. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They all moved backward from the porch, still watching Momma. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When did I give her up? parents and his important lawyer friends think of this backward old Chinese woman? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It slipped from my hand as I turned it, and I stumbled backward. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then his thoughts became so clear that he was able to examine them forward and backward. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I stagger backward but still manage to send my readied arrow in the general direction of my assailant. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She rose, counted out twenty paces from the target, and shifted the hilt in her hand so that the blade was pointing backward toward the sea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The blast of noise that met Harry’s ears when the portrait opened almost knocked him backward. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Petunia shrieked and ran backward toward the swings, but Lily, though clearly startled, remained where she was. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Three tall eighth-graders who glared at Ashton but walked backward, away from the six of us. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He handed me off to a nurse, who darted out of the room without a backward glance. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Ku-Ang fell backward off the cliff, slowly turning and spinning in the air. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Mateo walks backward, dragging his feet, and waves bye to his sleeping father. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She herself had zero patience for dudes who wore their baseball caps backward and always talked about “getting girls,” even though Maya was pretty sure that they had never even touched one. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Daddy bolts up so quickly, the chair falls backward and slams onto the floor. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Gaunt was thrown backward, away from his daughter; he tripped over a chair and fell flat on his back. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Dorothy was proud of the way she had navigated through the days of racial segregation, proud of whatever small share she might claim in contributing to the demise of that backward practice. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Arthur’s swollen eyes widened, and he took a step backward. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we roll backward, the tires peeling across the wet asphalt, crunching bits of gravel. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He turned and went limping down the stairs and opened the front door and went out into the street backward watching the house. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Mary Poppins bowed towards the Hamadryad very ceremoniously, and without a backward glance at the children went running towards the huge green square in the centre of the Zoo. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I take a step backward to climb out the window, and my foot catches a squeaky board. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He left the porch without a backward glance. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When the water struck him, he flew backward. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I shut off my computer and flopped across my bed, letting my head fall backward so that the blood rushed to my brain. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Jack tried to push past Eddie, but Eddie shoved his hands into Jack’s shoulders and pushed him hard, which made Jack fall backward. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z She pats one of her backward hands on my shoulder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The boy leaped backward in pain and surprise. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The man stumbled backward until his back hit the wall next to the reopening ramp door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He made a sound like someone had let the air out of him, and when he fell backward, his desk trapping him against the floor, Grace pinned him and punched him again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When a Pickwell kid asked him if it was true about the famous race in April, did Maniac really beat him going backward? Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To help someone who’s drowning, you put your arm around them from behind and kick your legs in front of you, moving backward like you’re doing the backstroke. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I wonder, if I count backward, whether I can go back and take Violet Markey with me and then move forward with her so we have more time. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stand up so fast that my chair tips over backward with a big bang. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He marched backward because he was continuously spinning around as he walked to make certain no one was sneaking up on him from behind. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The big white guy stepped backward, out of the circle, holding his hands up like he was under arrest. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Near the end of the service, a tall, thin-faced lady toppled over backward into the snow and struck Liyana with her elbow on the way down. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The spinning rod flew from my grip and I pitched backward, expecting at any moment to crack my skull against the planks of the transom. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The fire went back into the bombs, which rose up and into the bellies of planes whose propellers turned backward, like the second hands of the clocks across Dresden, only faster. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the story is a different color and everything is upside down and backward. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As Sairy stared at the broken boat, Dallas took a step backward and raised his arm, as if to shield himself. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She swung a shimmering left hand, catching the haint across the face, and watched the foul thing sprawl backward. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The javelin grew a heavy spear point just as it caught the driver in the chest, knocking him against his teammate and sending them both toppling out of their chariot in a backward somersault. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Her body lurched forward and then backward, again and again, as she struggled to make a decision. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The Hydra stumbled backward, yanking its heads free then wailing in outrage at the fallen tree. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The man lunged at her, reaching for her throat: Then, with a bang and a burst of red light he was thrown backward onto the ground, unconscious. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She takes a few steps backward, away from me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z People were sitting in groups on oversized floor pillows and on cane chairs turned backward, smoking grass and drinking tallneck beers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Vega spun around and started walking backward too. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She didn’t even hear the dirt scatter beneath her as she scrabbled backward. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z One strong jerk backward and the fight was over. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I felt his hands at my waist and I took a sudden breath; he tugged me backward, gently, pulling me close. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Kate jerked away from the window, and Sticky, alarmed, leaped backward. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Thomas half stood as he watched the Glader crash down into his chair, tipping it over backward, cracking it in two pieces. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In his reflection, his head is small and pressed in on one side, and his arm looks like it is bending backward. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Werfel played with the doorknob, twisting it backward and forward, listening to the click of the latch. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Two bony hands curled around my shoulders like the claws of a panther and yanked me backward. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent over, gripped the rim of the boat with one hand, turned backward, and stepped in. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Nick rocks backward in the video game chair and takes another swig of tea. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z If one looked backward, nothing quite so defiant or systematic had ever been presented before. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And so it went until Joe keeled over backward, his head striking the floor with a sickening crunch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I sift through it backward until I finally reach the day of our first Warcross tournament. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I just don’t trust him,” Milo brooded in the plane, with a backward nod toward Orr, who was curled up like a tangled rope on the low bushels of chick-peas, trying torturedly to sleep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But then I saw Conner standing right across from me on the other side of the counter, and I nearly toppled backward. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The Great Hall seemed to fly away, become smaller, shrink, as Harry reeled backward from the doorway. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Harry leapt backward in shock and hit the wall; his heart was still thundering as he turned to Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Grover pushed her gently backward, opening her blouse more, easing it back over her shoulders so that her arms were pinned. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “They walked backward on the dirt path so their footprints looked like the prints of someone arriving into the village, not departing!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She was on her feet in an instant and, without a moment’s hesitation, grabbed the jeweled collar and threw her full weight backward. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He took a step backward . . . and Shaggydog came out of the shadows behind him, snarling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One was tall and gangly with bushy black eyebrows peeking from the edge of his backward ball cap. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The girl who was to play Annie stood center stage, clapped her hands upon her thighs, and Arnold leaped across the stage, placed his paws upon Annie's shoulders, and caused her to lean backward. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z In the past few hours, she had entered a backward world, where nothing was the way it should be. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It nonetheless satisfied everybody, except the few of us who knew his recent papers backward and forward. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z His voice sounded like a backward recording—as if the words were being sucked into the vortex of his face rather than projected. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And, after circling the chicken wire pen once, it took two dainty steps backward and, with an effortless leap, sailed over the four-foot-high barrier. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She spit in the elf’s face, then threw him backward to the floor. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Waked by our morning voices, and the tramp of men below, he started up, but missed his footing on the long steep backward ladder and fell that height headlong. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I took a half step backward and made a genteel three-quarter bow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His foot met with the shoulder, and she went flying backward, falling so hard that her shoulder relocated with a sickening crunch. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I just stand there, not sure whether I should turn right or left, go forward or backward, get in the black car or the tan one. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Something wet touched Harry’s hand and he jumped backward, crushing Ron’s foot, but it was only Fang’s nose. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z To account for the planets’ bizarre behavior, Ptolemy added epicycles to his planetary clockwork: little circles within circles could explain the backward, or retrograde, motion of the planets. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A few feet from her, the corpuscule staggered backward, flailing its long arms. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He spun it around and placed it backward on his head. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The rooks look like castles and travel in forward, backward and side-to-side lines across the whole board. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z If my life were a book and you read it backward, nothing would change. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian staggered backward out of range in a daze, clutching his stinging cheek with bewilderment. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She gathered the sheets up to her neck and scrambled backward so fast that her shoulder blades hit the headboard with a crack. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I tried to keep my face neutral as I walked down the hallway through the living room and to the kitchen, all backward. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One was tall and gangly with bushy black eyebrows peeking from the edge of his backward ball cap. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He disentangled his arm and started toward Ham, but now his way was blocked by Michael, running backward, waving his arms like a guard in a game of basketball. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, the ball comes flying at us, and, cigarette between his teeth, Charlie steps backward once, twice, once more, as if he’s not in any hurry, as if he knows he’s got this. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He shoves her off, and she falls backward. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His father wasn’t growing old: he had reached some kind of nadir ten or twelve years ago and now he was growing backward, aiming toward middle age, maybe youth. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I peer out through the glass of the train window, which is streaked with rain and dust, and there is the landscape of my early childhood, smudged and scentless and untouchable and moving backward. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Ducking backward through a fence, Herbie caught a sleeve on a barb, tearing the shirt in his panic to reach safety. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Onward and upward. Or in this case, backward.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Russell lurched backward into the kitchen table with his half; Piper lurched backward in the opposite direction, and with nothing to stop him, sailed right through the cellar doorway and down the cellar steps. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Roosevelt’s team slowly scraped away sediment, traveling backward in time with every inch. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Somkit finally rammed the throttle forward, and the taxi leaped through the water so fast that it nearly threw Pong over backward. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z And because of our backward parents, who’ve talked about the “awfulness of same-sex marriage” enough that it’s apparently brainwashed me a little bit. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Jacob’s neck snaps backward, and he goes careening into the chest of one of the big knights. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Really. Why would we fall backward? I mean, if it’s that hot.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z When I reached the center of the room, one of the doctors put a mask over my face and asked me to count backward from ten. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Dudley stumbled backward at once, a look of panic on his fat face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z To answer these questions, we need to turn the clock of embryological development backward. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He lifted his sword to parry a Cyclops’s club, then stabbed the monster in the leg, sending him backward into the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z No matter what I put on, it felt backward, inside out, and two sizes too small. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He raised the rifle to his shoulder again and saw them react, shifting backward clumsily, crowding together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Her dad, leading the way, turned to them and walked backward. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Slowly they approached the mouth of the cave, following their father’s beckoning hand and his occasional backward glance. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But he quickly tipped backward and thumped into the soft grass. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In the German boat, Gerd Vols toppled backward into the lap of the number seven man, Herbert Schmidt, who had raised a triumphant fist high over his head. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Link like tripped and stumbled backward and sat back down next to Calista. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab my helmet, walking backward toward the kitchen, taking in all the Plutos. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The man caught me, pulled me backward, threw me to the ground. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Sander stumbled backward and tripped on the hem. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a rush against me and I fell, hearing a single explosion, backward into a whirl of milling legs, overshoes, the trampled snow cold on my hands. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “They can look forward and backward at the same time,” I said. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I got both hands around one horn and I pulled backward with all my might. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z His lean, upright body slid forward and backward in the boat fluidly, without hesitation or check. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They fell backward — Harry slammed the door shut, and they ran, they almost flew, back down the corridor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I was very backward in those days and the combination of poverty and provincialism made for some amusing incidents. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Huntsman’s voice froze in the midst of a shout of triumph and he suddenly fell backward. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z At the moment the duffel was open, the lady with the beer stepped backward, accidentally bumping me, knocking me off balance. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The earth shudders a second time as the force of my power sends Azaan flying high, as though he’s been pulled backward by an invisible string. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He drags himself backward on the ground, using his forearms. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He straddled the chair backward and stared into Brannon’s eyes as though he were a carnivore studying food. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He fell backward on the raft, chanting and repeating, “Hero, hero.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The other two were dressed in jeans jackets and pants, wearing baseball hats backward and new Adidas sneakers. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z His partner pulled him backward by the hood of his sweatshirt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He turns to me and his expression causes me to jerk backward. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “What is it?” she asks, seeing me glance backward, seeing something in my expression. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Then she walks backward, leading them from the menagerie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Kyle was yanked up off the ground by a hidden cable and hurled backward, soaring above the board. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Instead she got a backward, lazy girl child. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she turned around and walked backward, waving her fur stole around her head like a lasso. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She was thrown backward from the force of the blow. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Sierra stumbled backward as all five teenagers screamed at the same time. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A hand closes around my arm and drags me backward, into one of the aluminum lean-tos. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z No. A Stop sign fell backward in front of your headlights. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z A crushing blow struck my chest — I felt myself flying backward, and then heard the crunch as my head bashed into the mirrors. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Australia, supposedly the most “backward” continent, illustrates this point well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I have wondered, incidentally: does Our Father have his Bibles so entirely in mind that he can select an instructive verse and calculate backward to the one-hundredth previous? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned and smacked Oreius thirty feet backward into the swimming pool, right into the middle of the zombie tourist family. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I can count backward from one hundred in a duck voice,” Esme volunteered through her sniffles, and then began to demonstrate, quacking: “One hundred, ninety-nine, ninety-eight. . .” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Below, a lone maple shivered in the wind, shedding leaf after leaf that scooted down the lane without so much as a backward glance. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z |
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