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How to use the word retrograde in a Sentence?

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Night is an abyss at the edge of a footstep, raining anvils in a mercury-retrograde imagination needing chemicals. Fog is a curtain of anticipation. When lifted our way is lit by stars on a high dose of infinity. – Belinda Subraman	added by scottholstad 2 years ago
I just want to be clear – we’re talking about two different missions, the retrograde of troops … that is complete by mid-July, and that was done, actually, without any significant incident. And that’s the handover of 11 bases, the bringing out of a lot of equipment … that was done under the command of Gen. Miller. – Mark Milley	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
All of our forces are now preparing to retrograde. – Austin Scott Miller	Found on CNN 2 years ago
All of our forces are now preparing to retrograde. Officially the notification date will be the first of May, but at the same time as we start taking local actions we have already begun that. – Austin Scott Miller	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's a retrograde step for our society. – Arlene Foster	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This week, while one part of the Japanese government is proudly facilitating international cooperation by hosting the G20 meeting, another is quietly extricating itself from the obligation for global collaboration on the protection and management of the world's whales, japan leaving the IWC and defying international law to pursue its commercial whaling ambitions is renegade, retrograde and myopic.... – Kitty Block	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If this is part of international action against ISIL (IS) and that appalling terrorist death cult outfit, then that is all to the good, if, on the other hand, this is action against the Free Syrian Army and in defence of Assad the dictator, then obviously that is a retrograde step, but let's see exactly what's happened. – British Prime Minister David Cameron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Thus all things are doomed to change for the worse and retrograde. – Virgil	added by anonymous 10 years ago
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance. – Edward Gibbon	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Night is an abyss at the edge of a footstep, raining anvils in a mercury-retrograde imagination needing chemicals. Fog is a curtain of anticipation. When lifted our way is lit by stars on a high dose of infinity.

– Belinda Subraman

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

I just want to be clear – we’re talking about two different missions, the retrograde of troops … that is complete by mid-July, and that was done, actually, without any significant incident. And that’s the handover of 11 bases, the bringing out of a lot of equipment … that was done under the command of Gen. Miller.

– Mark Milley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

All of our forces are now preparing to retrograde.

– Austin Scott Miller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

All of our forces are now preparing to retrograde. Officially the notification date will be the first of May, but at the same time as we start taking local actions we have already begun that.

– Austin Scott Miller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's a retrograde step for our society.

– Arlene Foster

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This week, while one part of the Japanese government is proudly facilitating international cooperation by hosting the G20 meeting, another is quietly extricating itself from the obligation for global collaboration on the protection and management of the world's whales, japan leaving the IWC and defying international law to pursue its commercial whaling ambitions is renegade, retrograde and myopic....

– Kitty Block

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If this is part of international action against ISIL (IS) and that appalling terrorist death cult outfit, then that is all to the good, if, on the other hand, this is action against the Free Syrian Army and in defence of Assad the dictator, then obviously that is a retrograde step, but let's see exactly what's happened.

– British Prime Minister David Cameron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Thus all things are doomed to change for the worse and retrograde.

– Virgil

added by anonymous
10 years ago

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

– Edward Gibbon

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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