regress
verb (used without object)
to move backward; go back.
regresses
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present tense formof regress (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It doesn’t lock Pittsburgh into a long-term situation if Johnson regresses and gives Johnson a chance to really cash in during his prime if he outplays the deal.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
As the movie’s biggest name, Vaughn regresses to his second-rate deadpan comedy roles of old, forcing his way through a comedically constipated performance.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
A renowned gynecologist falls in love with a golf pro, as his wife regresses into childishness and his daughter prepares for her wedding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2020
Beneath the myriad patinas of culture, there is a fixed human nature that neither improves nor regresses.
From Washington Post ● May 30, 2019
The pleasurable feeling-tone which normally belongs to ministering to others, regresses in the nervous invalid to the infantile satisfaction of being ministered unto.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Josephine A. Jackson
