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Definition of the day : « retreating »

  • verb pull back, go away
Example sentences :
  • A blind man might have followed the trail of the retreating army.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Margaret stood in the doorway, listening to the retreating footsteps.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • "I don't think they'll keep on retreating forever, Ohio," he said.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • But Grant, as Colonel Woodville foresaw, had no idea of retreating.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • The Marquis looked that way, and listened for the retreating step of his valet.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • From this moment there was to be no possibility of retreating.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • Apparently it was retreating from something between Thad and itself.
  • Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson
  • And his great laugh drowns the roar of the retreating train.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • On August 23, 1914, the Russians were almost on the heels of the retreating Austrians.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • From there east the Austrians were retreating into the passes of the Carpathians.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various