Sentence examples for in retrospect when from inspiring English sources

Only in retrospect, when the novel is in our hands, does Flaubert's achievement look inevitable.

They are sharply defined only in retrospect, when the process is complete.

I think you only realise in retrospect when you're getting stressed.

I can tell you, you learn in retrospect, when you look back, things you can do better.

In retrospect, when I was starting all this back in 2004 there were no mainstream conversations about running form.

In retrospect, when the war began the nation suddenly gleamed with purpose larger than self, larger, somehow, even than peace.

It tends to be written in invisible ink, discernible only in the clarifying light of retrospect, when the damage has already been done.

None of us knows in ad-vance when we are finally going to grow up, but we can usually say, in retrospect, just when that occurred.

You appreciate that all the more in retrospect, especially when sitting through Death of Long Pig.

And this production's most shocking moment (though you realize it only in retrospect) comes when Basil's rejection of his father's embrace gives Gregor his big idea for conquering Herries, the tycoon.

I realise in retrospect that when I'm creating a character, though I need to be able to hear them, and to have some sense of their scale and magnetism, I never really see them very precisely.