have retrograded
- present perfect of retrograde.
Example Sentences
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Fu ture productions which fail to measure up to its stiff standards of achievement may be considered to have retrograded.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course there is no gain without a certain amount of loss, and while we have advanced in freedom we have retrograded in chivalry, deference, and courtesy.
From The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements by Devereux, G. R. M.
It has sometimes happened that one nation has been conquered by another less civilised though more warlike, or that during social and political revolutions, people have retrograded in knowledge.
From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir
You are an excellent husband as husbands go, and I don't consider that I have retrograded mentally or spiritually during our ten years of life together.
From Penelope's Postscripts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
In the matter of writing for more voices than one we have retrograded considerably since the days of Bach.
From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by Huneker, James
