Definition of Regress

to fall back to a previous state

Examples of Regress in a sentence

After being an A-student for several months, Hank is starting to regress into the practice of not studying.  🔊

When I saw my teenage son starting to regress to toddler behavior, I took him to see a therapist.  🔊

While Jack seemed to be recovering after his surgery last week, he started to regress today and is now bedridden.  🔊

As a modern civilization, we need to make progress towards equality for all and not regress into an age of endless civil rights violations.  🔊

In her job as a hypnotic therapist, Kelly often helps people regress to their childhoods so they can uncover their hidden wounds.  🔊

If John does not go to his AA meetings regularly, he will regress into periods of drunkenness.  🔊

After eating healthy for the past few weeks, we do not want to regress to our old habit of eating fast food every day.  🔊

Rather than regress, you should always strive to move forward.  🔊

When the twenty-year old woman began to throw a tantrum in the store, it was obvious she had started to regress to the days when screaming got her everything she wanted.  🔊

Although my uncle has had Alzheimer’s for several years, he has not started to regress into his childhood days.  🔊

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