retrograde

Example Sentences

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Although YouTube has community standards forbidding “pornography, incitement to violence, harassment, or hate speech,” calling those open to interpretation in our retrograde cultural atmosphere is putting it mildly.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2025

One of the ironies is that Tóth thinks the New World looks retrograde.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

If science suggests Mercury retrograde may not have any bearing on our lives, why do so many people still turn to the stars for answers?

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2024

As the scudding day passed overhead the dingy windows glowed and faded in ghostly retrograde.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner