Backward has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The dog walked backward. | |
| 2. | Social conditions are going backward rather than forward. | |
| 3. | The actress fell backward over the stage. | |
| 4. | He fell backward. | |
| 5. | He looked backward over his shoulder. | |
| 6. | He bent over backward to please his wife. | |
| 7. | He is backward in science. | |
| 8. | She is backward in expressing her opinion. | |
| 9. | It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system. | |
| 10. | For a long time, society was strongly hierarchical and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished segment of the population, they were crushed by the weight of taxes, wars, and famines. |