retrogress

Example Sentences

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And for those in need of retrogressing even further, a host of family entertainments spring up every summer in the West End, cartoon-colored affairs that speak the jolly and exaggerated language of Christmas pantomimes.

From New York Times

“With the freedoms we have created, Liberia cannot retrogress,” she says.

From Washington Post

“Please don’t let it be that we are retrogressing to that horrible time in the ’70s,” Ms. Laurie said in an interview on Sunday.

From New York Times

Shusterman loved the law, loved its clarity and contradictions, believing it embodied “the dynamics of living, the progress or retrogressing that we’re involved in.”

From Washington Times

But, although wine has not led me to the goal of my desires, I will not stray from its path, for when one follows a road he cannot retrogress.

From Project Gutenberg