How to Use throwback in a Sentence

throwback

noun

• The song choice, like the new head coach, was a throwback.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 22 Oct. 2022
• To her the look was a throwback, a relic from the past.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 17 July 2023
• The Bearcats wore the 70s-era throwback uniforms Sunday from the days of Gale Catlett's men.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 22 Jan. 2023
• At best, the scene is downright Rockwellian and a throwback to the old days.
  — Aaron Gouveia, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
• At the '50s throwback motel, Knight finds a guest named John Stevens.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Nov. 2022
• Elgin’s parade does have a theme — a throwback to the 1990s.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2023
• They were both styled by Law Roach, who has an eye for throwback finds.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2022
• The big anniversary could mean more than just throwbacks for the Spice Girls though.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2024
• Auburn’s offense through the first two weeks of the season has been like a throwback to simpler times in the SEC.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2022
• There's no need to stress over the perfect throwback caption.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 1 Nov. 2022
• The vintage-look Atari 2600 Plus is a throwback to the golden age of video gaming.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2023
• The potatoes are a throwback, produced the old-fashioned way in the greenhouse.
  — Evan Fraser, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
• For a fun throwback to the disco era, choose a 70s Halloween costume.
  — Chloe Gorman, Country Living, 19 Sep. 2022
• But the king’s adoration for a good Savile Row suit casts him as a throwback.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2022
• Zion has a lot of love for his mom, and posted a sweet throwback in November 2022.
  — Blake Bakkila, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
• Henderson caught a throwback screen and broke away for a 31-yard touchdown on the opening drive.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 20 Nov. 2022
• This cute and playful throwback is a great printable option for a last-minute card.
  — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 10 Jan. 2023
• The Nation in those days was still kind of a throwback, defiantly clinging to the old ways.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 26 Jan. 2023
• Here, a look back at 15 iconic throwback images of the one and only, Pam Grier.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2022
• No throwbacks allowed, in the quest for forward playoff progress.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Compared with Yang, Gillis seemed to many observers like a throwback to the bad old days of comedy.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
• In a bit of a throwback, Baby Yoda is coming to TV for one night only.
  — PCMAG, 8 Feb. 2023
• Not so with this throwback to the high-water mark of the hubris of the Japanese bubble economy.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 7 Oct. 2022
• Pence, in many ways, represents a throwback to a party from days past.
  — Jill Colvin and Thomas Beaumont, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
• These throwbacks are losing that battle, at least for now.
  — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• The most telling part of the Ohio Senate race is that Ryan isn’t exactly running as a throwback, either.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
• No need to sacrifice a dressy style with Todd Snyder's '70s-throwback track pants.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 12 Jan. 2023
• Apart from throwbacks and a sneak peek at the new episodes, folks will also hear from host Julie Chen Moonves, who hinted about her future on the show.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2023
• The rioters even posed for photographs in the legislative chamber in a throwback to Jan. 6 here in the states.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 9 Jan. 2023
• The black ink images of La Virgen de Guadalupe, theater masks, a pair of dice and Ace playing cards were throwbacks to his high school days.
  — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024