retard
Example Sentences
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Retard the throttles to their full back position.
From Forbes • Aug. 27, 2013
This passion with a pimple have I seen Retard a cause, and give a judge the spleen.
From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Young, Edward
But wherefore do I loiter here, and thus Retard my marriage by my own delay?
From The Comedies of Terence by Colman, George
Ah, happiest spot of earth! in this sweet place Love first beheld my condescending fair Retard her steps, to smile with courteous grace On me, and smiling glad the ambient air.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
We skim too closely to the earth, We press too slowly for the prize, Let thoughts and cares of trivial worth Retard our journey to the skies.
From The Mountain Spring and Other Poems by Glass, Nannie R.
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