How to use "backwards" in a sentence

What would he be thinking when he saw a strange young man walking backwards and forwards in front of his bench? Without another thought, Marius left the Gardens and went home.

Marius saw a soldier attacking Enjolras, who had fallen backwards and was calling for help

She had left it on the cupboard and the mirror, reflecting the backwards handwriting, made the message clearly visible.

And then you can see his face, and you realise that he looks more afraid than you do, and he is stepping quickly backwards to the stairs

But for a moment Clive and Kenny wait, stepping backwards so that the waves caused by the feeding frenzy do not get at them.

"-approaching it ass-backwards

I saw shock changing to horror on the faces of the people around me, and there was a general movement backwards

Across the light, great black shapes moved busily backwards and forwards.

And over the blue hills to the south of the river, the Martians moved backwards and forwards, calmly spreading their poison clouds over one piece of country and then over another

Our house had fallen backwards

He made a sudden movement backwards and for a moment I shared his panic

The tentacle was now two metres or more into the room, moving backwards and forwards with strange, sudden movements

Montmorency: (walking backwards) Oh, no, not at all

Montmorency: (still walking backwards) No, thanks