All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.    From LearnThat.org.  [Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)]

retrograde arguments.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : a melody in retrograde motion.    From Dictionary.com. 

The term retrograde here is used in a purely theoretical sense, and cannot be held to imply any actual degradation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference

I wonder what happens if you buy a Mercury while Mercury is in retrograde.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Own 527] Reference

Mercury's bought when Mercury is in retrograde find themselves stuck in reverse.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Own 527] Reference

Monk's Saggitarian reaction to Mercury in retrograde was to barf on his pillow last night without realizing it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: My little Sag...] Reference

(Like I would know what that meant, but my brother always says something about Mercury in retrograde or something when I feel over-sad.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Viva Le Picnic « Skid Roche] Reference

You miss appointments, your computer equipment crashes, checks get lost, you find the car you just purchased during Mercury retrograde is a lemon.    From Wordnik.com.  [August 2004] Reference

BOB says: oxford german nietze speak half word retrograde afriikaan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Scottie in Denial: White House Still Clinging to “Same Intelligence” Myth] Reference

See, what I didn't realize was that Mercury is currently in retrograde.    From Wordnik.com.  [August 2004] Reference

I had two friends tell me that I should wait on the purchase, or any big purchase, because Mercury was in retrograde.    From Wordnik.com.  [Car conclusion... for now.] Reference

Supposedly, a regime exists at this seminary which views the teaching of Greek as retrograde, which is itself reflective of a broader "culture … of contempt" for the language.    From Wordnik.com.  [orrologion] Reference

What, is Mercury in retrograde?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » After Whining About Being ‘Suppressed,’ Chamber Discloses It Spent $123 Million In Lobbying] Reference

She has some issues with the chastity movement because she sees it as 'retrograde' and perpetuates old female roles.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Modest Proposal] Reference

(an effect known as retrograde amnesia - the other version, anteretrograde amnesia, is when you can't form new memories).    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Ice Creations] Reference

He called Lovera "retrograde," and suggested he needed to pay a visit to the countryside to get a better idea of what was happening there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tracy L. Barnett: Paraguay Takes Hard Line on GMOs] Reference

"If Mercury is in retrograde, go to line 37 ...".    From Wordnik.com.  [April 15th, 2005] Reference

Orthodox script: nobody's saying it's "retrograde" in the sense of "primitive" or.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros] Reference

We know what we're going to be doing, opposing this kind of retrograde legislation.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Akin's On the Hill] Reference

In fact, six of the planets in his chart were retrograde which is a very unusual occurrence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The National Ledger - News] Reference

McLendon's Mars was also retrograde, meaning it was even more difficult for him to assert himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The National Ledger - News] Reference

Thea, mercury in retrograde.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » A Necessary Torment] Reference

Mercury must be in retrograde.    From Wordnik.com.  [Please Stand By… | Her Bad Mother] Reference

This is called a retrograde orbit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second Exoplanet with Retrograde Orbit Discovered | Universe Today] Reference

Consider the fact that Mercury is in retrograde.    From Wordnik.com.  [March 2005] Reference

'retrograde' orbit, and astronomers think they should have spotted it before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

"You've just heard what kind of a retrograde I am," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tracy L. Barnett: Paraguay Takes Hard Line on GMOs] Reference

Osama bin Ladin is very bright, however retrograde his analysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Fight Al Qaeda Now] Reference

PINKWATER: But most children's book writers are fairly retrograde, like me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Books for Kids, for Every Winter Holiday] Reference

The truth is that in person, the Farrelly brothers 'cheerfully retrograde humor eventually wins you over.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sibling Ribaldry] Reference

This isn't to say that all immigrants are carrying around retrograde racial and cultural attitudes, far from it.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Immigration, Racism Knows No Borders] Reference

However, Saturn has the tendency to retrograde in the worst times, and so it did from April to the end of July, 2010.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gahl Eden Sasson: Same-Sex Marriage and Saturn in Libra] Reference

If a painting happens to be beautiful, it's considered stylistically retrograde at best, politically oppressive at worst.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Most Beautiful Show In The World] Reference

"It's retrograde because there's nostalgia," says Tom Pirko, president of Bevmark, a beverage-industry consulting company.    From Wordnik.com.  [DRINKS: DON'T GO CHANGING] Reference

The Asians were pressed hard to open their financial markets, and when China and Japan resisted they were branded as retrograde.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seeking Reassurance] Reference