retrograde
adjective
moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
are retrograding
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present progressiveof retrograde.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Depend upon it, that as a people, we are retrograding on this point.
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Henry Lunettes
But men never advance beyond a certain point; and here we are, retrograding, to the dull, stupid old system,—balance of Europe—poising straws upon kings' noses, instead of wringing them off!
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
It used to be so in my day and yours, but we are retrograding.
From The Fortunes of Oliver Horn by Francis Hopkinson Smith
But men never advance beyond a certain point; and here we are, retrograding to the dull, stupid old system,—balance of Europe—poising straws upon kings' noses, instead of wringing them off!
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
