Thesaurus / recede
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Like a great wave coming to its flood, the armed host of the Confederacy was moving to break at Gettysburg and recede.
CHARLES CARLETON COFFINWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS, D. D.
Sirius seems to recede from the ecliptic about two minutes per century.
As we revolve in our orbit we approach or recede any given star, and our rate of motion being known we thus obtain a second test.
THE BEAUTIES OF NATURESIR JOHN LUBBOCK
He doubted this and thought Britain would be indisposed to recede.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW CARNEGIEANDREW CARNEGIE
As might be reasonably expected, this maximum of heat is so much less considerable as we recede from the focus.
BIOGRAPHIES OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC MENFRANCOIS ARAGO
You can not retrace your steps, nor recede in the development of your being; neither can you stand still.
A BOOK WRITTEN BY THE SPIRITS OF THE SO-CALLED DEADC. G. HELLEBERG
As they recede in the distance they must have a higher position, so that every one will be seen.
HOME PASTIMES; OR TABLEAUX VIVANTSJAMES H. HEAD
Allow the attentions and distractions of the moment to recede as you create quietude.
NURSING AS CARINGANNE BOYKIN
Long lines of pink fire ran level with the eastern horizon, which appeared to recede as day brightened.
THE LIGHT OF WESTERN STARSZANE GREY
His jaw seemed to shoot forward, his eyes to contract and recede.
WIDE COURSESJAMES BRENDAN CONNOLLY
WORDS RELATED TO RECEDE
- abate
- abridge
- bankrupt
- bant
- break
- cheapen
- chop
- clip
- contract
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- debase
- deflate
- depreciate
- depress
- diet
- dilute
- diminish
- discount
- drain
- dwindle
- go on a diet
- impair
- impoverish
- lessen
- lose weight
- lower
- mark down
- moderate
- nutshell
- pare
- pauperize
- rebate
- recede
- roll back
- ruin
- scale down
- shave
- shorten
- slash
- slim
- slow down
- step down
- take off weight
- taper
- taper off
- tone down
- trim
- truncate
- turn down
- weaken
- wind down
- absent oneself
- decamp
- deny oneself
- depart
- draw back
- ebb
- exit
- fall back
- get away
- get off
- give ground
- give up work
- give way
- go
- go away
- go to bed
- go to sleep
- hand over
- hit the sack
- leave service
- make vacant
- part
- pull back
- pull out
- recede
- regress
- relinquish
- remove
- repeal
- rescind
- resign
- retreat
- revoke
- run along
- rusticate
- secede
- seclude oneself
- separate
- sever connections
- stop working
- surrender
- take off
- turn in
- withdraw
- yield
- abjure
- back
- back down
- back off
- back out of
- call off
- cancel
- countermand
- deny
- disavow
- disclaim
- disown
- draw in
- eliminate
- exclude
- fall back
- forget it
- forswear
- go back on
- have change of heart
- nig
- pull back
- pull in
- recall
- recant
- recede
- reel in
- renege
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- revoke
- rule out
- sheathe
- suspend
- take back
- take in
- unsay
- welsh
- withdraw
- abjure
- back
- back down
- back off
- back out of
- call off
- cancel
- countermand
- deny
- disavow
- disclaim
- disown
- draw in
- eliminate
- exclude
- fall back
- forget it
- forswear
- go back on
- have change of heart
- nig
- pull back
- pull in
- recall
- recant
- recede
- reel in
- renege
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- revoke
- rule out
- sheathe
- suspend
- take back
- take in
- unsay
- welsh
- withdraw
- abandon
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backtrack
- beat it
- cave in
- decamp
- depart
- disengage
- draw back
- ebb
- elude
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- fall back
- fold
- give ground
- go
- go along with
- go back
- hand over
- hide
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- leave
- move back
- opt out
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- reel
- regress
- relinquish
- resign
- retire
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- run
- seclude oneself
- sequester
- shrink
- start back
- turn tail
- vacate
- withdraw
- abandon
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backtrack
- beat it
- cave in
- decamp
- depart
- disengage
- draw back
- ebb
- elude
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- fall back
- fold
- give ground
- go
- go along with
- go back
- hand over
- hide
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- leave
- move back
- opt out
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- reel
- regress
- relinquish
- resign
- retire
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- run
- seclude oneself
- sequester
- shrink
- start back
- turn tail
- vacate
- withdraw
- abandon
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backtrack
- beat it
- cave in
- decamp
- depart
- disengage
- draw back
- ebb
- elude
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- fall back
- fold
- give ground
- go
- go along with
- go back
- hand over
- hide
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- leave
- move back
- opt out
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- reel
- regress
- relinquish
- resign
- retire
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- run
- seclude oneself
- sequester
- shrink
- start back
- turn tail
- vacate
- withdraw
- abandon
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backtrack
- beat it
- cave in
- decamp
- depart
- disengage
- draw back
- ebb
- elude
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- fall back
- fold
- give ground
- go
- go along with
- go back
- hand over
- hide
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- leave
- move back
- opt out
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- reel
- regress
- relinquish
- resign
- retire
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- run
- seclude oneself
- sequester
- shrink
- start back
- turn tail
- vacate
- withdraw
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