Examples of back-and-forth in a Sentence

Adverb The chair rocked back and forth. The children were shuttled back and forth between school and home.

Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb Why go back and forth trying to schedule a meeting when our calendars can do it for us? — Krishna Motukuri, Forbes, 22 June 2022 This includes devotion to family: several months ago, Chad's father suffered a major stroke, and he's been frequently flying back and forth to California to visit. — Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2022 Instead of moving back and forth between fiction and reality, Cruise’s music can live fully in both. — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 13 June 2022 Others continue past her, moving their hips and arms back and forth on their way to class. — Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News, 10 June 2022 That meant lots of flying back and forth between villages. — Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 May 2022 Each nostril is tuned to detect some odors better than others, with the specialization moving back and forth. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2022 In the end, the two spent only a couple of months flying back and forth to see one another before Burton decided to move in with Solberg in New York. — Francesca Street, CNN, 9 May 2022 As with past Slaw Device pedals, moving your feet back and forth on these things feels like sliding an ice skate across a pristine frozen lake. — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2022 See More

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“Back-and-forth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back-and-forth. Accessed 26 Jun. 2022.

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