this way and that

idiom

: in many different directions

The rabbit ran this way and that, trying not to get caught.

Examples of this way and that in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tiny rooftop shapes going this way and that, indicating direction. —Ellise Pierce, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024

Comets, though, emit gas that can act like rocket motors, pushing the nucleus this way and that. —Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2010

Here, the composer counted years, 20 for Disney, with a sequence of 20 chords, used in various sequences, this way and that, and as palindromes. —Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023

Moments later Richardson, 28, struts in with a new look, tossing back her golden-brown locks and tilting her head this way and that, considering her image in an oversize wooden mirror. —Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023

Beyond that, though, Djokovic was as reliable as a metronome, anticipating nearly everything headed his way and scurrying this way and that to retrieve and respond. —Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023

Diamond’s voice echoes in Samba to the Reckoning, each letter of the title rendered in arabesques, swaying this way and that, like a ballerina in time. —Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023

Admirably stoic and unfussy, Harrison Ford has played Indiana Jones for more than 40 years—running, riding, jumping and tumbling this way and that, up and down as the physically challenging role demanded. —Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023

That male was maybe the first of its kind to turn its massive head this way and that, surveying the quiet valley. —Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2023