Sentence examples for a throwback of from inspiring English sources

And it is a throwback of surprises.

"It's a throwback of sorts that definitely needed some shine.

Then there was Herath, a throwback of a cricketer better at bowling than bleep tests.

She is a throwback of sorts, playing an all-court game in a time of baseline whackers.

Hansbrough, a 23-year-old senior from Poplar Bluff, Mo., is the consummate college player, a throwback of sorts.

Pryor, who left Ohio State amid controversy, was a throwback of sorts to Davis's hodgepodge teams in the 1970s, when scandal was forgiven in favor of talent.

'I'm a bit of a throwback to the days of black and white movies.

Brown Trafton is a bit of a throwback to the Olympics of old.

"We're looking to create a little bit of a throwback to the romance of the rail times," Mr. Duggan said.

Born in poverty in Nicaragua, Mayorga, 29, is something of a throwback to the woollier days of boxing.

Laxman was a throwback to an era of silken batsmanship, of velvet touches and all round grace.