retrograding
- present participle of retrograde.
Example Sentences
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“Similar retrograding blocks in the past have been associated with periods of colder and wintry weather in the Eastern U.S.,” meteorologist John Homenuk wrote on Twitter.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022
The four boys were looking for possible routes of escape when Red’s brother decided that in arbitration lay his salvation from this swiftly retrograding dilemma.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vigorous activity is the law of life; it is the saving grace, the only thing that can keep a human being from retrograding.
From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett
Now dreaming of universal empire, and retrograding toward the era of feudal barbarism, Napoleon attached foreign duchy after foreign duchy as fiefs to his throne.
From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne
Gen. Lee, it is said, is not permitted to follow Meade, who is retrograding, being weakened by detachments.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
