are retarding
- present progressive of retard.
Example Sentences
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Text, in part: We desire, as business men, to draw attention to certain grave and disquieting conditions which, in our judgment, are retarding the return to prosperity.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are many who assert that the National Forests are retarding development.
From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress
These easterly winds are retarding our passage very much, and taxing our patience.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
He sought his native home, and soon experienced the severity of those laws, which, though enacted seemingly to protect the tribe, are retarding their improvement, and oppressing their spirits.
From Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained by Apess, William
The financial troubles in England are retarding the rapid movement of western produce.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John
