All 5 Uses of
retrospect
in
The Other Wes Moore
- In retrospect, that was the worst thing they could have done.†
p. 12.9 *retrospect = to review with hindsight
- In retrospect, we made a comical pair of enforcers, a forty-something-year-old woman trailing an eleven-year-old boy.†
p. 78.6
- The book itself wasn't what was important—in retrospect, I see that it was a great read but hardly a work of great literature—but my mother used it as a hook into a deeper lesson: that the written word isn't necessarily a chore but can be a window into new worlds.†
p. 131.0
- Others were driven to what, in retrospect, was a sort of permanent state of mourning: for our loved ones, who always seemed at risk, and for our own lives, which felt so fragile and vulnerable.†
p. 133.4
- In retrospect, I guess I did know how she felt.†
p. 166.9
Definition:
to review with hindsight (with the understanding that comes after seeing how things turned out)