Sentence examples for a throwback that from inspiring English sources

Still, the organization is a bit of a throwback that stresses wholesome values.

Some civil rights groups criticized the ruling as a throwback that reinforced outdated attitudes toward women and corporate culture.

Their artwork appears to be the visual equivalent of a vinyl record or typewriter: a throwback that is treasured precisely because it has been eclipsed.

Crystal was, even in his youth, something of a throwback — that was part of his charm as the last of the borscht-belters — but he, too, lost the acerbity last night and devolved into schmaltz, leaving many (and me) yearning throughout for the extravagant comic audacity of Eddie Murphy.

"Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates" is a throwback that, in its details if not in its premise, might have seemed fresh, if not funny, in 2005.

The band's genesis at Ardent Records came through the uneasy marriage of the talents of Chris Bell and the Box Tops singer Alex Chilton, one troubled and the other prickly, their sound a throwback that looked past the "heavyosity" of much contemporary rock.

At the very least, it's a retro throwback that will force a few smiles.

The ideal site has a long throwback, that is the surface of the stored water goes a long way back upstream giving a big capacity.

Bradley's, one of London's best dive bars, remains: a timeless throwback that's been adored by regulars for decades, who keep the seats warm before passing it on to a new generation.

You'll need to do some advance work to get a reservation, but Lassen Volcanic National Park's underappreciated Drakesbad Guest Ranch, about 170 miles north of Sacramento, is a rare throwback that's worth it.

There is no doubt that the Electoral College is an antidemocratic throwback that should be abolished.