Sentence examples for throwback among from inspiring English sources

He is, instead, a throwback, among the last of the Tin Pan Alley songsmiths.

Moreover, Mr. Romano is something of a throwback among his more celebrity-conscious colleagues, chef-entrepreneurs like Alain Ducasse and Jean-Georges Vongerichten.

Throwbacks among modern domestic pigeons indicate a common ancestor, the rock dove.

This latter feature means you're stuck with a paltry 30-odd songs, so – even if you're happy with cheese like Aqua's Barbie Girl, Chesney Hawkes's The One And Only and a variety of 80s throwbacks among newer rock and pop from Lily Allen and Kaiser Chiefs – you'll find your patience sorely tested after a few hours.

But the 10-block stretch between the areas remained partly a throwback: sprinkled among new businesses were pawnshops, used furniture stores and takeout Chinese restaurants, even though the area was gaining a reputation for unusual restaurants like Richard Sandoval's Masa 14 and locally owned spots like Cork Wine Bar.

But Stakhovsky, a reflective 27-year-old Ukrainian with a throwback game, was not among them for long.

This don's been a man among men, "a throwback," Puzo calls him, "to the old Sicilians of the 19th century who ruled towns and villages with their personal charisma, their sense of honor and their deadly and final judgment of any suspected enemy".

The man's career was nearly derailed by accusations of bigotry: In 1986, the Senate Judiciary Committee denied him a federal judgeship after a black former prosecutor testified Sessions referred to him as "boy" and warned him to "be careful what you say to white folks," among other glaring throwback remarks.

This lightning-fast sport, played only in Turkey, is a throwback to the days when Ottoman cavalrymen were among the world's most fearsome warriors.

But by the turn of the century, it had started to seem dated among the fashion elite, like a throwback to another era — one that few were particularly eager to return to.

"The Master" is also generating excitement among film buffs for being an analog throwback, a reminder of the unique qualities of celluloid in a digital age.