How to Use back-and-forth in a Sentence

back-and-forth

1 of 2 noun

• After some back-and-forth with his critics, Mr. Biden declared victory.
  — Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• There was much back-and-forth on this issue that involved signature counts, questions about how procedures were followed and a lawsuit.
  — Worth Sparkman, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
• The confirmation comes following a back-and-forth between the Biden administration and the right-wing news network.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 11 Feb. 2023
• With these networks came e-mail, and with e-mail came a new approach to work centered on ongoing, ad-hoc, back-and-forth interactions that unfolded through sterile digital text.
  — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
• Books The back-and-forth over ‘The Blind Side’ misses the big picture.
  — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• The game was a true back-and-forth affair with 15 lead changes and nine ties.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023
• For most of the night, the two teams traded blows in a back-and-forth contest.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
• So after all this back-and-forth, the Supreme Court weighed in on April 21.
  — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 10 May 2023
• This should be done in a short, quick back-and-forth motion.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 10 June 2023
• Expect to see more back-and-forth moves between the US and Nvidia in the months ahead.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2023
• And many of you are gracious enough to engage with me in a back-and-forth.
  — Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
• And those tense early minutes set the tone for a back-and-forth game.
  — Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
• That had a lot to do with me and my back-and-forth with sobriety.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2023
• The Clippers and Suns keep going back-and-forth in the fourth quarter.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2023
• After a back-and-forth first half hour, the Timbers broke through.
  — oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
• And this is the latest in the back-and-forth between the Colts owner and the Commanders over the course of the last year.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 8 May 2023
• That’s the back-and-forth of this evolving and quite sobering matter.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
• The back-and-forth continues until about the 58-minute mark.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
• Luckily, the back-and-forth banter was all in fun and for a good cause.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2023
• After a back-and-forth first quarter, Duke used a four-goal run to build a 7-4 lead.
  — USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
• Trump telephoned his adversary, and the two had a fiery back-and-forth.
  — David Freedlander, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• These processes can take a long time, said Messinger, with lots of back-and-forth.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
• Neither side led by more than two goals in a back-and-forth battle.
  — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
• The back-and-forth comes at a critical moment for Mejia.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
• Then, the back-and-forth between her and Mitchell continued on.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024
• Forbes chronicled their back-and-forth for the top spot more than a dozen times just last month alone.
  — Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
• The move has led to a tense back-and-forth with the show’s venue, which taunted the Virginia native online.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• The team says the director’s hands-on role in the VFX helped with planning, reduced the back-and-forth and streamlined the work.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024
• The back-and-forth price action the last three weeks has constructed the pattern’s would-be right shoulder.
  — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
• Another round of back-and-forth editing begins, until the script takes its final shape.
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024

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back and forth

2 of 2 adverb

• The chair rocked back and forth.
• The children were shuttled back and forth between school and home.
• Praise music floats in the air and the crowd rocks back and forth.
  — Sam Kestenbaum, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2022
• Constitutional debate goes back and forth as the control of the court shifts.
  — Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2022
• Her feet dangle off the exam table, anxiously swinging back and forth.
  — Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
• He was suddenly filled with a desire to keep driving back and forth over that bridge, to stay there, high above, forever.
  — Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
• The only thing worse than a liquid lipstick that cracks throughout the day is one that forces you to go back and forth when applying.
  — Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
• Staff had resorted to sleeping in the hospital with their families rather than risk the back and forth on the roads.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
• After some perfunctory back and forth, Probst agreed to give the tribe 18 eggs for their chickens back.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
• For days, shifting winds swept the chemical haze back and forth in multiple cities, including parts of Atlanta.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
• Prenup or not, divorce proceedings are typically faster for billionaires because there’s not as much back and forth about money.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
• The current fighting isn’t just the usual back and forth that has characterized this largely positional war.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
• The full stadium rose to its feet and swaying camera lights back and forth as Ella Mai’s belted the familiar tune and beckoned them to join in.
  — Rivea Ruff, Essence, 21 Sep. 2022
• Anyway, did Florence’s own buzz cut require any back and forth with Thunderbolts since that was supposed to go right after yours until the strike had its way?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
• What resulted from the back and forth was a tentative agreement that will go to union members for a vote after a post-ratification cooling off period of several weeks.
  — Josh Boak and Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
• Things were yo-yoing back and forth right up to the 11th hour.
  — Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• The two had been going back and forth in the race all year.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 30 July 2024
• Pull it tight and move it back and forth within the guide.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Dec. 2023
• Plants sway in the current and fish dart back and forth.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 20 June 2024
• There was a lot of back and forth about what line would be drawn.
  — Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2024
• Shahrzad goes back and forth as to whether the protests will succeed.
  — Omid Khazani and Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• Rock your rolling pin back and forth over the parchment to flatten the dough.
  — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2023
• As the actors volleyed back and forth, so did the tension.
  — Steven Vargasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• From this point, the show moves back and forth in time leading up to Paris.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 July 2024
• Despite the back and forth, Belushi filed for divorce in 2021.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
• Roll the roller from the jaw to the cheekbone and repeat, avoiding moving the roller back and forth.
  — Lauren Manaker, Health, 27 Mar. 2023
• And this back and forth doesn't serve people like them at all.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
• Protect your hands with work gloves or use grilling tongs to scrape the foil back and forth across the grates.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 July 2023
• What is the back and forth before the explosion (if any)?
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
• It’s been a really good camp in regards to the back and forth.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 14 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024