How to Use rearward in a Sentence

rearward

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  • The roof drops rearward on the 911, which is called the fly line.
    — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 30 Apr. 2020
  • In crew cabs, some of that storage space is rearward, under the flat floor.
    — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Once in, the child seat limited rearward travel of the front seat.
    — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Move the armrest rearward, to offer a space big enough to hold four gallons of milk.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The rearward portion of the bullet is solid copper and built to penetrate deeply through bone and tissue.
    — Outdoor Life, 31 Jan. 2020
  • What exactly was the point of having an anti-tank gun facing rearward?
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The criminal complaint noted that Potter holstered her handgun on the right side and her Taser on the left, both with their grips facing rearward.
    — CBS News, 17 May 2021
  • All-wheel-drive CX-5s continue to direct a majority of the engine’s torque to the front wheels most of the time but can send as much as 50 percent rearward when needed.
    — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 18 July 2017
  • Normal sends 60 percent of torque forward, Sport changes the balance and dispatches 70 percent rearward, and Track splits the torque equally.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The shooter does not fire normally; the shooter applies forward pressure with the non-shooting hand, and rearward pressure with the trigger hand.
    — Danny Cevallos, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2018
  • And there’s a strong zicka line that slices from the leading edge of the front doors and streaks rearward along the shoulder line while yet another lower body accent crease angles upward toward the rear wheel.
    — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Using the turn signal activates a rearward side video feed of adjacent lanes, left or right, in the instrument cluster.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
  • Both vehicles feature angular fenders jutting out from the body and a chunky C-pillar that slopes rearward.
    — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2020
  • To use the bump stock device, a shooter must apply constant forward pressure with the non-shooting hand and constant rearward pressure with the shooting hand, according to the ATF.
    — Ashley Killough, CNN, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The force created by the gas to propel the bullet forward creates an equal amount of rearward force, which sends the rifle into your quivering shoulder and your throbbing head.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 23 Oct. 2019
  • There’s also a lack of rearward visibility that’s pure ’69 Mach 1.
    — James Lipman, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Both powertrains feed torque to the rear wheels but can be optionally mated to an all-wheel-drive system that’s rear-biased and can send up to 50 percent of the available torque to the front wheels or 80 percent rearward.
    — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The upper greenhouse of the car also echoes the current LS sedan, with multiple quarter windows at the rear sides, and is decidedly cab-rearward in proportion.
    — Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Slippery surfaces turn this rearward torque bias into an outright prejudice against straight lines.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 Jan. 2020
  • With all three rows deployed, the Traverse could swallow all five of our small suitcases without obstructing our rearward vision.
    — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2018
  • Due to the positioning of the new JL’s backup camera, the new covers feature a central hole so as to preserve your rearward visibility.
    — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Though the little arthropods were blind, the trilobites were likely able to stay in line by sensing each other’s rearward facing spines or by using chemical cues, according to a press release.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The Model 3 also sports a minimal front overhang, low hood, cab-rearward proportions and a luxurious axle-to-dash ratio.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 19 July 2018
  • The all-wheel-drive system sends the majority of the power rearward to an electronic limited-slip rear differential.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Torque is metered out to the appropriate axle quickly and, through the use of vehicle sensors, the system can anticipate when the Sorento will need a little extra traction in foul weather or rearward torque to help reduce understeer.
    — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2013
  • The electric motor assisting the BRZ's rack is mounted high up on the firewall, contributing to a slightly higher center of gravity but simultaneously shifting the front/rear weight balance a touch rearward.
    — Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Here, as an aircraft approaches supersonic speed, the nose tends to dip down as shock waves, migrating rearward as speed increases, create pressure differentials that increase lift at the back of the wing, destabilizing it.
    — Eric Adams, Wired, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Their study, published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, describes groups of blind trilobites — known as Ampyx — all facing in the same direction, apparently maintaining contact via their long rearward spines.
    — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Passenger seating was 2 fouroccupant divans, one facing forward, the other rearward.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Negatives: Back seat tight for three adults; limited rearward visibility for driver.
    — G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram, 28 Apr. 2018

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