retrograde
adjective
moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
were retrograding
-
past progressiveof retrograde.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He discovered that the war party, instead of continuing westward, were retrograding and doubling on their own trail.
From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Except Chili, all the Pacific states of South America were retrograding from a very imperfect civilization, under a succession of petty and aimless revolutions.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
