Still on one knee, Maraklov braced himself against the bed and shoved backward.

Bernabe Montoya, with his pants tugged up over his pajamas and his gun shoved backward into his holster, plodded wearily out of the shadows accompanied by Harlan Betchel, who wore a raincoat over his pajamas and carried a 16-gauge shotgun.

Who slapped a button on the edge of his desk, triggering a silent alarm, even as he shoved backward in his swivel chair, retreating toward the window.

If he tried to pass the touring car, its driver could shove forward or backward, to force the big roadster off the road.

As he shifted his hold to gain better purchase on her unwieldly body Rae shoved backward with the last of her strength and managed to stumble free of his arms.

He used his feet to shove himself a little way backward when we came in, then stopped, no doubt realizing that there was nowhere to go except for the southeast corner of the room.

Without thinking about it or planning it (unless the body, goaded by pain, sometimes thinks for itself), Jessie braced her bare left heel on the floor and shoved backward with all her might.

She shoved violently backward, using her greater weight to slam Atropos against the side of the archway.

Kate shoved backward, lifted her knees, got her feet on Ion's shoulders, and shoved him out the door.

The desk man gave a squawk, shoved backward in his chair and tried to reach some kind of weapon stashed beneath his coat.