How to Use reverse in a Sentence

reverse

1 of 3 adjective

• The drug is used to lower blood pressure but may have the reverse effect in some patients.
• Can you say the alphabet in reverse order?
• There were sweeps and reverse sweeps, pulls and cuts.
  — Hector Vickers, New York Times, 21 June 2026
• Goodwin scored on a reverse layup and was fouled.
  — Doug Haller, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
• So could a wacky reverse platoon be in play?
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
• To check for this, do a reverse image search of any iffy photos.
  — Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 9 May 2023
• Once your arms are straight, pause, and then reverse movement to return to start.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 11 May 2023
• The same problem shows up in reverse commerce.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2026
• Think of it as a kind of reverse Home Alone scenario.
  — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Dec. 2025
• Using a reverse image search is a simple way to do this.
  — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
• One play was a reverse pass that was intercepted in the red zone.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
• It is followed by a loop, reverse segments and even a sideways drop.
  — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• White then nailed a step back 3, drawing more roars, and Jones hit a reverse layup.
  — CBS News, 27 Dec. 2025
• In reverse fixtures this season, the Rapids failed to beat two of them.
  — Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
• His best pitch right now is his changeup, helping him to a reverse platoon split last year.
  — Keith Law, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• This is where reverse catfishing can play a crucial role.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• Led a complex 1-for-40 reverse stock split.
  — Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
• This could result in a loss of reverse lights, tail lights, brake lights and turn signal lights function.
  — Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
• If engines are working, reverse thrust slows the aircraft.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
• The best way to work in deficit reverse lunges is to start with about three to four sets of eight to 10 reps for each leg.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 14 Feb. 2023
• Restaurants have a reverse version of it when prices drop during happy hour.
  — The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
• Sixteen of her shots came from inside the arc, including four reverse layups.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2023
• Why did Trump reverse course on FISA?
  — Philip Wang, Time, 28 Apr. 2026
• One of the biggest highlights was his steal, a reverse lay-up in transition, plus a foul.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
• So someone who is a reverse centaur isn’t just used by a machine; they are used up by the machine.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
• Only the Senate can keep these folks from trying a triple reverse end-around run one more time.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
• Boone has not shown a willingness to play Jones against lefty pitchers who do not have reverse splits.
  — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 26 June 2026
• Less than a minute later, Cain finished around the basket again, this time with a reverse layup.
  — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
• That clears the way for his lawyer to try a second time to get a reverse waiver to send the case to juvenile court.
  — Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Feb. 2026
• Aston rushed for nine yards to the 3-yard line after faking a reverse handoff.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2022

reverse

2 of 3 verb

• There is no way to reverse the aging process.
• The runners reversed their direction on the track.
• Can anything reverse the trend toward higher prices?
• Reverse the “i” and “e” in “recieve” to spell “receive” correctly.
• We're going to reverse our usual order and start with Z.
• My mother and I reversed our roles. Now I'm taking care of her.
• It’s reversed this year in a lot of ways.
  — Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
• Now’s the time to reverse course.
  — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• That trend has reversed sharply.
  — Sankar Sen, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
• None of them has been able to reverse the slide.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
• In Ohio, the trend is reversed.
  — Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 14 May 2026
• Some machines can be reversed to blow residue away.
  — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
• Yet less than a decade later, the court reversed course again.
  — Andrea Katz, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
• Those payments can be hard to reverse.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
• In the winter, the process is reversed.
  — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
• Some filler can be removed or reversed.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
• Now, in this first-round series, the roles have been reversed.
  — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
• To reverse that trend, three shifts are required.
  — Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
• The goal isn’t to reverse aging.
  — Allison Palmer updated February 25, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
• That trend appears to have reversed.
  — Toqa Ezzidin, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
• Red light reversed the process, causing the swarms to break apart and swim freely again.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
• Our two goals are to prevent aging and to reverse it.
  — Andrew S. Brack, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
• Going to the gym and healthy eating has helped reverse the clock.
  — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
• Astronomers caught a comet in the act of reversing its spin.
  — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
• The damage from this gambit would be hard to reverse.
  — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Push through feet to reverse the movement and return to start.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 26 July 2023
• Yet new polling suggests that those gains may now be reversing.
  — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
• Today, the roles have reversed.
  — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
• The training of a lifetime is hard to reverse.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
• That’s very likely to reverse before the year is over.
  — ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026

reverse

3 of 3 noun

• I put the car in reverse and backed out of the garage.
• The building appears on the reverse of the coin.
• Please sign your name on the reverse.
• There’s a reverse on this one too.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
• Ford turned the car around, put it in reverse, then backed it up the hill.
  — The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
• For our jaws, the story kind of goes in reverse.
  — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
• Imagine the goal and go in reverse.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
• Putting the car in reverse, the driver away and out of sight.
  — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
• And this would be a major reverse.
  — Thomas Elias, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
• The rider leans back to slow down, and leans back more to move in reverse.
  — Ted Ladd, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
• Like a reverse Alex Jones, right?
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
• The process also works in reverse.
  — Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• Today, that flow is in reverse.
  — Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• The problem just works in reverse.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
• Robin Hood in reverse, as critics liked to put it.
  — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
• The shift, now as in 2001, hates reverse.
  — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• The team also played the audio to them in reverse.
  — Mariana Lenharo & Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
• Most of those came on reverses or other wide runs.
  — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
• Most workplaces run in reverse.
  — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
• Even a 3-0 reverse gives them a 62 per cent chance.
  — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 24 June 2026
• Just a few months ago, the planning process seemed to be going in reverse.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
• Then the chest contracts and the process repeats in reverse.
  — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
• The one on the right rocks forward and back to control speed ahead and in reverse.
  — Tim Stevens, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2023
• During the warm summer months, heat pumps work in reverse.
  — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 2 June 2026
• Run your ceiling fans on low and in reverse to push warm air down from the ceiling.
  — Chris Mueller, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 22 Jan. 2026
• Now, that system is being used in reverse.
  — Chris Purdy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
• For the tragicomic is camp in reverse.
  — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
• Sometimes a reverse is the ideal play.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
• The two agents get near the Honda, and Good puts it in reverse.
  — George Petras, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
• Twyman began driving in reverse and struck Muse with an open door.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024