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Sentence Examples Looking back at my junior high years, most of the things that felt like a big deal at the time seem trivial in retrospect. And in retrospect, Beverly was the first theatrical embodiment of an Essex Girl, a phenomenon that flowered more than a decade later. As economists and traders would agree, the most accurate insight into trends is viewed in retrospect. Gradually I began to regain my calm, and the whole adventure seemed dim and almost humorous in retrospect. Baino is the most genial, laughing at situations that, in retrospect, probably drove him to drink. The bombast, condescension, arrogance and swagger all seem slightly silly in retrospect. Probably not, but in retrospect I take satisfaction in the thought that our ritual for choosing teams was algorithmically well-founded. A fad is a short lived mania, of no apparent rationale that in retrospect looks pretty silly. And it is quite apparent to me, in retrospect, that without Mostel's comic genius this might be a very wearisome play to watch. But in retrospect that was because my uncle and cousin epitomise disorganisation and, much as I love them, laziness. In fact in retrospect, he is a much more absorbing artist than the old girl herself. A chance remark by trainer Peter Niven a few weeks ago worried me then, and concerns me even more in retrospect. I have the strong suspicion that 2005 in retrospect will look like a pivotal year. Even then, there are hints of Derek's darkness that are only obvious in retrospect. It is hard in retrospect to think quite how we contrived to slalom through last week. Adam accepted, although, in retrospect, he rather gave the impression that it was he who was doing me a favour. I'm sure, in retrospect, that it was a case of remembering the hits and forgetting the misses. I tossed and turned, not due to any specific problem, but in retrospect, I realize I was worried about him going to school. While I don't think it had anything to do with the speed of my passage, it certainly adds a frisson to the ride in retrospect. The themes that dominate our pop culture are often only truly apparent in retrospect. Show More Sentences You wonder if perhaps, in retrospect, he wished he had stayed in the wings. Only in retrospect did we become aware how lax US airport security had become. The horse did not look himself before the race, and in retrospect he should not have taken part. Is there anything about it that you would have done differently, in retrospect? It appears in retrospect that we simply did not have enough troops on the ground at that time to guard those ammunition dumps. A Vietnam purple heart, he would in retrospect have engaged with the Viet Cong. However, those who have made use of such services generally speak highly of them in retrospect. The general reaction among his teammates was congratulatory and warm, but in retrospect surprisingly muted. The only thing I can say in retrospect is that the song was inspired by a certain thing, but there wasn't any kind of premeditation involved. Participants often, in retrospect, regret having tolerated such a frustrating and unrewarding programme in silence. It was lucky, in retrospect, that there was only a knife to hand, and not a phial of anthrax or nerve gas. To say this is not to ignore its radical character, especially in retrospect. It is painful enough for these men and women to recognise their own development barriers and obstacles in retrospect. But we cannot wait because the Hepatitis C ruling tells us that if we do not use them, we are liable to be accused of negligence in retrospect. It is true that this solution could give rise, in retrospect, to the establishment of two different legal regimes. If the defendant is granted legal aid in retrospect, she or he does not have to reimburse the costs. Equally, all participants could probably identify things that might, in retrospect, have been done differently. He also argues that one of the problems with black swans is that, although they are prospectively unpredictable, in retrospect they look like they could have been foreseen. He struck many people there, at the time, not in retrospect, as arrogant and cold. It was a strange world, or seems so in retrospect, built as it was of equal parts meritocracy and autocracy. Show More Sentences It was something that bothered me a little back then, but in retrospect it was one of the biggest mistakes of the original game. Black Oxen is a reminder of the healthy benefits of cynicism, and in retrospect served as an early warning to an ebullient age. Yet in retrospect, it is clear that problems were arising even then. It was only in retrospect that her school years seemed dull. The balance is just right and in retrospect, it seems bizarre that this film was in danger of not being released after current events over the past few years. Frankly, in retrospect, to be a groupie attached to me or Woody on those nights, you would have needed the patience of a saint. While always judged in retrospect in terms of their ability to predict a result, pollsters are at pains to emphasise that their numbers should never be regarded as predictive. We did not intend to cause any offense, but in retrospect we realize that it was insensitive. One thing that seems notable in retrospect is the book Lanza made as part of a class project in the fifth grade. Only in retrospect can one discern some of the logic at work. Just as he was about to make what, in retrospect, can be identified as his breakthrough, he detoured into a series of conceptual works involving photocopiers and fax machines. The incremental changes, if any, will be more obvious in retrospect. If it were not so serious it would be funny in retrospect to recall the finance minister saying that with his budget the days of arguing over fiscal federalism were over. However, in retrospect, I think we agreed on a couple of subjects where I think the country was better for our agreement and where that agreement will prove to be recognized over time. Joy in the boom in homegrown peppily painted pictures is not, however, universally applauded, especially in retrospect. At no stage had Tony Blair or his government seemed in control of events. Self-congratulation about the maturity of the British people and their political system was, in retrospect, rather forgetful. We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and doat on past atchievements. This might be seen in retrospect as the moment when we first saw the birth pangs of the Lebanese citizen. They are different players: Sturridge is above all a finisher, a player of fine craft in front of goal who looks in retrospect even more of a mismatch as a utility winger. It was noted in retrospect that human erythrocytes would not pass through the capillaries of a calf, goat, or sheep heterograft organ. Show More Sentences I feel certain, in retrospect, that he was having affairs. The killing of Reeva Steenkamp was a triumph of brutality and the kind of heedlessness that violent men have always used to, in retrospect if ever asked, justify their actions. He recounted the latest news – about his business, his brothers, his dad's heart attack – and finished with a flourish that, in retrospect, seems haunting and prescient. Criticical Assaults on Composers Since Beethoven's Time by Nicolas Slonimsky, a collection of acerb reviews, often fabulously funny in retrospect. It is further questionable whether in some instances such standards will not be produced in an ad hoc manner and crafted by expert witnesses in retrospect. This demonstrates in retrospect that the concessions made to Turkey in Helsinki were perhaps premature and that the strategy towards this country, which is so important to western security, needs to be reviewed. There seems little doubt that, in retrospect, most participants are generally satisfied with the end result, if not necessarily with all aspects of the process relied upon to get there. And, in retrospect, it was no surprise to me that the tumor that visited me in midlife made its home in my head, because that is where I had the better half of more than four decades. Known affected kittens have occurred in breeding programs across the United States, and, in retrospect, likely carriers have been exported widely. This was due, several delegates reasoned in retrospect, to the fact that not all compromises reached in contact groups were inserted in the revised draft protocol. In architecture, there have been several Greek Revivals, which seem more inspired in retrospect by Roman architecture than Greek. Looking at the conference in retrospect, there is much to approve and yet much to regret. Behind Oufkir, the king's right hand man, emerges, as far as in retrospect, time allows to judge, a coalition of varied forces, a convergence of interests paradoxically not very compatible otherwise in antinomy. Parker approved of Nelson's actions in retrospect, and Nelson was given the honour of going into Copenhagen the next day to open formal negotiations. And at a recent revival of his 1999 work Corybantic Ecstasies at the Boston Ballet, he saw plenty of choreography he would have chucked in retrospect. They became known in retrospect for their massive hunting and fighting dog of Molosser type, the Alaunt, which they apparently introduced to Europe. Writing when she was 35, Heidenreich wrote in retrospect about her childhood as a private memory and dedicated her diary to her husband, a Swabian pastor. Whether, like Colin, in retrospect Willie Lee and Baptist would feel that what has vanished was greater than what was achieved, is not something we can predict. Examples from Classical Literature During a week unmeasurably long in retrospect, all six of the party had found the ease and sureness of physical acclimation. The more I thought about it, the worser I felt, laying there in retrospect and negligee. Only in retrospect can I mark the almost imperceptible growth of my desire. Somehow her parts seemed always to dwindle this way in retrospect. Creak, creak aching joints interject, Sounds to be expected in retrospect. The Ashton years were, in retrospect, The Royal Ballet's golden age. There was one main thread of painful experience in Nancy's married life, and on it hung certain deeply-felt scenes, which were the oftenest revived in retrospect. Admiration for Boehner will grow in retrospect as his successor demonstrates how hard it is to keep House Republicans from forming a circular firing squad. Find more words! 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