Sentence examples for retrograde idea from inspiring English sources

This is a very old (not to say retrograde) idea, and also perhaps a succinct explanation of recent trends in American film comedy.

The retrograde idea that women can generate happiness by cleaning up a man (his carpet, his nasal passages, his soul) without having any particular needs of her own – except sex, which Joanna proves well up for – seems surprising, considering this film is based on a story by the great Canadian author Alice Munro.

How could a young liberal, so interested in changing the world, be so committed to such a rigid and retrograde idea about personality?

If this is the coalition's idea of tackling rape, there are likely to be more retrograde ideas instead of the positive steps that are still needed for better justice.

She was deliberately playing with the narratives she drew from; nonetheless, she seemed content to mold herself into well-worn stories, to pay tribute to retrograde ideas of power.

Tracy Moore, at Jezebel, called the ad sexist, pointing out its retrograde ideas regarding women, what with the whole aw-shucks circumlocution about knowing, or not knowing, how to use a saw.

He pointed to the fact that the association still carries some of Wilson's writings, adding, "Wilson has unbelievably retrograde ideas about women".

There is a solid 5-4 majority for all of the retrograde ideas that Bush has shoved down our throats these past seven years.

As one would expect, since it was during the retrograde, many bad ideas were turned into poorly thought-out, expedient solutions.

This model lent support to the idea that retrograde stimulation leads to inhibition of wide-dynamic range neurons that carry pain information to the brain.

Astrophysicist Christopher Reynolds of the University of Maryland, College Park, says it's a new idea that retrograde accretion is particularly effective at tapping into relativistic energy and forming powerful jets.