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Since the day when his promotion had brought his adjutant, Brodsky, to the colonelcy, the regiment had retrograded steadily.

From The Genius by Potter, Margaret Horton

The visit had occurred, and he was not a whit advanced; indeed he had retrograded, for he was less content and more confused, and more preoccupied.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

Before the intercalation the dominical letter had retrograded one place less.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Only they had retrograded in the strange scale of evolution.

From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane

At the time of the council of Nice, which was held in 325, it fell on the 21st; and when the reformation of the calendar was made in 1582, it had retrograded to the 11th.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various