throwback

Example Sentences

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It may not be long before the roar of an internal combustion engine strikes many visitors to the U.S. as a throwback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

It has been trying to offload its stockpiles of throwback casual sneakers, which have fallen out of favor.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Another throwback is that streamers are increasingly rolling back the years to adopt the weekly airing of an episode at a time, in order to reinvent the era of appointment television.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Warm and insightful, “Fantasy Life” is a low-key throwback to the talky city-dweller comedies of Nicole Holofcener and Noah Baumbach.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

As Ms. McMillan disappeared through a door at the rear of the room, Candice wondered what had happened to her throwback Hank Aaron jersey she always wore to baseball games.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson