RETARDANT in a Sentence

retardant

 n.  an agent that slows down or delays the actions of something

1  Cosette's pace retarded Jean Valjean's.

Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727

2  Fortunately, the soil, which was light and wet with the winter rains, clogged the wheels and retarded its speed.

Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...

3  His march, far from being retarded by his singing, was accelerated by it.

Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE'S EXCESS OF ZEAL

4  Let us see," said he, "I have swum above an hour, but as the wind is against me, that has retarded my speed; however, if I am not mistaken, I must be close to Tiboulen.

The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.

5  But his wounds always made it seem that his feet were retarded, held, and he fought a grim fight, as with invisible ghouls fastened greedily upon his limbs.

The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23

6  The spring, long retarded by previous cold, had now begun in all its comeliness, and life was rampant.

Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I

7  For as the censors became the arbiters of morals in Rome, it was very much owing to them that the progress of the Romans towards corruption was retarded.

Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLIX.

8  The aperture was already sufficiently large for him to enter, but by waiting, he could still cling to hope, and retard the certainty of deception.

The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.

9  Demoustier says, and I will not retard its course, or disturb its calm.

The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 65. A Conjugal Scene.

10  I resolved, therefore, that if my immediate union with my cousin would conduce either to hers or my father's happiness, my adversary's designs against my life should not retard it a single hour.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22

11  Doubtless the scheme may have been used, in unjustifiable ways, as a means of retarding our emancipation.

Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII

12  Jealousy of Mr Elliot had been the retarding weight, the doubt, the torment.

Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23

1  Aviation experts noted that confidence in the plane was increased by the fact that the fuselage remained largely intact after impact and the fire remained at bay until after many passengers had exited, thanks to engineering design and a flame retardant cabin interior that are standard on modern jets.

2  Lazy, ignorant, and retarded is no way to go through life, son.

3  Shortage of labour power retarded our economic development.

4  Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.

5  A rise in interest rates would severely retard economic growth.

6  Cold weather will retard the growth of the crops.