retrograde
adjective
moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
has been retrograding
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present perfect progressiveof retrograde (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For two hundred years their power has been retrograding, and there is much reason now to believe that a total eclipse of their glory is soon to take place.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord
