Forwards

Examples

• Gerald suddenly let go the horse and leaped forwards, almost on to Gudrun. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The carriage was ready: they were bringing it round to the front, and my master was pacing the pavement, Pilot following him backwards and forwards. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Mr. Thornton made a hasty step or two forwards; recovered himself, and went with quiet firmness to the door (which she had left open), and shut it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• In two minutes, without another word, she moved forwards; no good-night, no further inquiry. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She paused--twisted the cloth in her hands, backwards and forwards, and whispered to herself, What is it he said? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Forwards against Robert; and they hate him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Nathaniel Pipkin could make no reply, so old Lobbs shook him backwards and forwards, for two or three minutes, by way of arranging his ideas for him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Shirley leaned forwards on the table, her nostrils dilating a little, her taper fingers interlaced and compressing each other hard. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• No one came forwards to help the mother and this boy. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I conceived that my disasters were now completely at an end, and I looked forwards to a rich harvest, with unbounded applause. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He poured out these words fiercely, all in a breath, walking backwards and forwards, and striking about him in the air with his whip. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• From that day forwards Mrs. Hale became more and more of a suffering invalid. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She tore her bonnet off; and bent forwards to hear. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• You have been carrying the Diamond backwards and forwards, here and in London, and you are still a living man! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Though it goes backwards and forwards between the ground and the granary, it never changes masters, and therefore does not properly circulate. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• To come backwards and forwards here, in the same way, for ever? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Between these two turns, hidden from the lodge on one side, and from the way to the station on the other, I waited, walking backwards and forwards. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• These goads will urge them forwards. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Forwards to our time or backwards away from us? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Here, he dodged backwards and forwards, and did all sorts of things while I looked helplessly at him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• There was no necessity--I told him so--and on such a night; but walk forwards. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In the deep shade, at the farther end of the room, a figure ran backwards and forwards. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The opening being then closed by a screw-nut, the apparatus, which is mounted on pivots, with an appropriate stand, is swung backwards and forwards like a pendulum. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• While I was under these circumstances, two rats crept up the curtains, and ran smelling backwards and forwards on the bed. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• He started forwards, however, to hand Mrs. Shaw down to the carriage. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• That was the impression that I had, and I moved quickly forwards to get a nearer view of the person who was watching me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Whichever way one moved, if one were to move forwards, one must break a way through. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The whole time she was talking inwardly in the same strain--looking forwards, asking what she was to do with life. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• At least, no friend came forwards immediately, and Mrs. Thornton is not one, I fancy, to wait till tardy kindness comes to find her out. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

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