RETROSPECTIVE in a Sentence
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17 example sentences for RETROSPECTIVE, such as:
1. In retrospect, I wonder if we should have done more.
2. A retrospective influence pervaded the whole performance.
3. In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning.
4. I had a detailed retrospect of my association with the two girls.
5. It seemed even sadder, in retrospect, beside the bustle and prosperity of Atlanta.
2. A retrospective influence pervaded the whole performance.
3. In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning.
4. I had a detailed retrospect of my association with the two girls.
5. It seemed even sadder, in retrospect, beside the bustle and prosperity of Atlanta.
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Meanings and Examples of RETROSPECTIVE
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retrospective
a. looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
Classic Sentence:
1 This view of the Gryce incident chimed too well with Selden's mood not to be instantly adopted by him, with a flash of retrospective contempt for what had once seemed the obvious solution.
2 Mr. Bumble put down his hat; unbuttoned his coat; folded his arms; inclined his head in a retrospective manner; and, after a few moments' reflection, commenced his story.
3 While the wedding was in preparation, and while awaiting the date fixed upon, he caused difficult and scrupulous retrospective researches to be made.
4 Your retrospections must be so totally void of reproach, that the contentment arising from them is not of philosophy, but, what is much better, of innocence.
5 As Mr. Kirwin said this, notwithstanding the agitation I endured on this retrospect of my sufferings, I also felt considerable surprise at the knowledge he seemed to possess concerning me.
6 Whether his spirits were elevated by the communication I had made to him, or by his having indulged in this retrospect, I don't know; but they were raised by some influence.
7 It seemed even sadder, in retrospect, beside the bustle and prosperity of Atlanta.
8 Mr. Jaggers nodded his head retrospectively two or three times, and actually drew a sigh.
9 Here besides the law of retrospection, which regards all the past as a preparation for events that subsequently occur, the law of reciprocity comes in, confusing the whole matter.
Example Sentence:
1 A retrospective influence pervaded the whole performance.
2 Every artist should be allowed to design the retrospective box set that will define a lifetime, as has Santana.
3 Afterwards, retrospective fear of the responsibility would make her feel almost faint.
4 The Museum of Graphic Arts is holding a retrospective showing of the paintings of Michael Whelan over the past two decades.
5 In retrospect, I wonder if we should have done more.
6 In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning.
7 In retrospect it is clear to me that my arrival at Salomon marked the beginning of the end of that hallowed institution.
8 I had a detailed retrospect of my association with the two girls.