retro

Example Sentences

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“Hag” sits smack-dab at the center of a four-way intersection between camp, arthouse, schlock and retro TV movie of the week.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Plus, the retro pitch driving baseball players crazy, Italy’s World Cup exit, and Jason Gay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

So please, stop putting your retro aesthetic ahead of our contemporary needs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

I said, “It’ll be so retro, like a 1950s pageant.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Their tabletop haircuts that sat on their heads like tall hats surprised him, but perhaps it was part of their hip image, to have retro haircuts.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie