Example Sentences

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It will then be seen that this docked model leaves a whirlpool behind her stern, which is retarding her.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

The art of vocalization is retarding the progress of the modern music drama.

From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl

In setting this up as a definite standard they will escape the inertia and conservatism that ordinarily characterize large groups, a condition which at the present time is retarding the British cooperative movement.

From Consumers' Cooperative Societies in New York State by Consumers' League of New York, The

Now, β, in two parallel conductors conveying currents of the same sense, that is flowing in the same direction, is retarding, Fig.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various

That child has a secret on her mind, and it is retarding her recovery.

From Sue, A Little Heroine by Meade, L. T.