How to Use rearward in a Sentence

rearward

1 of 3 noun
  • 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
  • Saab played with a cab-rearward layout like a sports car but kept the footprint of a front-wheel-drive family sedan.
    — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 14 May 2022
  • What exactly was the point of having an anti-tank gun facing rearward?
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Slippery surfaces turn this rearward torque bias into an outright prejudice against straight lines.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The rearward portion of the bullet is solid copper and built to penetrate deeply through bone and tissue.
    — Outdoor Life, 31 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • There’s also a lack of rearward visibility that’s pure ’69 Mach 1.
    — James Lipman, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 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
  • Behind this, the Batur's long hood gives apparent proof that even fully electric Bentleys will keep the brand's distinctive cab-rearward stance.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 21 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Passenger seating was 2 fouroccupant divans, one facing forward, the other rearward.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Stepping rearward from that compartment on the right travel side of the trailer, the main entry door welcomes campers into the open living area while the rear entry door a couple steps farther back provides direct access to the bathroom.
    — New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Along with their smaller mouths, smallmouths have continuous or unbroken dorsal fins, whereas a largemouth’s rearward dorsal fin is almost completely separated from the forward dorsal fin.
    — Popular Science, 1 June 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

rearward

2 of 3 adjective
  • The system is smart enough to drop and raise the rearward quarter windows with the top.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The harness height depends on whether your child's car seat faces forward or rearward.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Plus, the vehicle will now have rearward-opening doors on the sides.
    — Ben Coxworth may 01, New Atlas, 1 May 2026
  • The rearward hand, and that half of his body, propelled the tool; the forward hand, on the wood, resisted.
    — The Economist, 28 June 2019
  • And the cab is pushed as far rearward as possible, giving the car a more athletic stance.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Whether the compartment is in forward or rearward position, the bathroom floor remains clear and open.
    — New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
  • With no trunk to impede its progress, the roofline gently swoops completely rearward, kicked up right at the end by a subtle decklid spoiler.
    — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Rockets generate propulsive force, also known as thrust, by expelling high-velocity exhaust in a rearward stream.
    — Kai James, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
  • And the gun-slit that passes for a backlight, neatly bisected by the rear wing, make rearward vision a four-to-one bet in favor of Seth's Volare.
    — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 18 June 2020
  • The biggest differentiator comes when glancing through the rearview mirror, as all that style out back comes at the expense of rearward visibility.
    — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 21 June 2023
  • The wagon body style’s thick rearmost pillar creates some blockage and, thus, rearward visibility is average for the segment.
    — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 14 Dec. 2017
  • These standards include warning labels, three-point restraint systems, and rearward stability.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Most were initially posted to checkpoints and other rearward duties in their native regions, but that changed as the Army hemorrhaged personnel.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The blind spot, ironically, is the fault of the side mirrors, which stand far off the fenders to provide a rearward look past the Aston's hips but block your view of cross traffic at intersections.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 23 June 2020
  • However, the 5 still appears to do without a rear windshield, likely relying on a camera for rearward visibility.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Driving it, there’s no rearward visibility, thanks to the snorkel plucked from the STO, so reversing requires camera reliance and a prayer.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Whichever seats the buyer chooses, they're designed to be faced forward or rearward, allowing for vis-a-vis business van configurations that promote meetings and discussion on the move.
    — New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
  • If carrying on or behind the hip, use your support hand to lift your garment in an upward motion, and use your firing hand to begin sweeping your clothing in a rearward movement, completely exposing your holstered firearm.
    — Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2020
  • The two engine nozzles are buried inside the tail of the aircraft, reducing its rearward radar aspect, and are shielded horizontally by the large horizontal stabilizers.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The extra-fast roofline constricts rearward visibility, so a backup camera with LCD display in the rearview mirror is standard equipment.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Rather than harnessing recoil, the device rapidly resets the trigger and pushes the trigger finger forward, spitting out bullets as the shooter applies rearward pressure with the trigger finger.
    — Joe Palazzolo, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Though the hybrid hatchback's low-slung styling cuts into interior space and hurts rearward visibility, the latest Prius is, for the most part, vastly improves upon its predecessor.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2023
  • In the event of an impact, the vehicle’s safety system automatically shifts the seats into a safer rearward position while deploying the helmet airbag at the same time as the side airbags, helping to reduce the risk of head and upper-body injuries.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The dash is bare-bones metal with a few modern touches, such as the nine-inch touchscreen for the Rockford Fosgate audio, and a somewhat gimmicky 12-inch overhead split screen that gives three rearward views from external cameras.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Customers, however, complained about poor rearward visibility, and the feature was eliminated for the remaining years of C2 production.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 May 2022
  • By de-clutching the inside rear wheel, the system can effectively direct the rearward torque to the outside wheel, helping to mitigate understeer or instigate the aforementioned drifting antics in the RS Performance drive mode.
    — James Tate, Car and Driver, 1 June 2022

rearward

3 of 3 adverb
  • All that power is sent rearward through a sequential six-speed gearbox.
    — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 23 June 2020
  • There were also two extendable displays for when the second row was rotated rearward.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The center console deploys rearward to dispatch two cup holders for second-row passengers.
    — Mike Austin, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2023
  • While the nose of the E-class slopes slightly rearward, the CLS reverses that cue with a mild forward cant.
    — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Look up at the rear view mirror and the view rearward is roughly comparable to looking through a mail slot but with rear headrests blocking even much of that vestigial view.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The toe-control link is critical to achieving this, especially since the bushings allow the wheels to move rearward slightly to help absorb small, sharp bumps.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
  • When moved rearward, the driver-side mattress folds and the front part of the bed base telescopes inside the larger rear section so the dinette can be expanded and used comfortably up front.
    — New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The interior is spacious considering the low-slung body, with loads of room for the seats to recline rearward since there is no engine taking up space behind the driver.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
  • In either scenario, weight is shifted rearward and over the drive wheels, which enables superior traction, thus making the self-propel more effective.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2021
  • The trailing edge of the roofline, which extends rearward jutting out from the body, constitutes the biggest design flourish, but that oddity is only discernible from the rear.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, the Performante alone has a steel-spring suspension and a different center differential that sends more torque rearward than normal.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2023
  • This has allowed Buick to move rear passengers further rearward, increasing legroom substantially.
    — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Some rear tine tillers have multiple speeds, including reverse, and can rotate the tines forward or rearward, called counterrotating, for different tasks.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2024
  • That transfer case looks and functions very similarly to that of a Mercedes-Benz Unimog’s portal axles, with an onboard air compressor to engage it and gears that send power up and over the middle axle to a propshaft that continues rearward.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 8 May 2024

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