retrograde
Example Sentences
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John Betjeman, for example, was for a time England’s bestselling poet, until his optimism, traditionalism and accessibility earned him the smear of being “retrograde.”
The dreamy vistas of domestic arts, which may have once seemed frivolous, passé, even politically retrograde for some, become a source of deep allure for people of different political stripes.
She points out the ongoing Jupiter retrograde and urges participants to “let the parts that are inquisitive drive you.”
From Los Angeles Times
Cubism was not only dominant in 1921, when Keck made his stylistically retrograde statue, but its genesis owes much to African art.
From Los Angeles Times
One of the ironies is that Tóth thinks the New World looks retrograde.
From Los Angeles Times
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