retreating

Example Sentences

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At 09:16 GMT, seconds after Gedel leaves the area, Watkins emerges from his cell and looks both ways before retreating back into his cell.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Mortgage rates increased this week, reversing a three-week decline, but buyers don’t seem to be retreating.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

As some kids are pushed to eat more adventurously, adults are quietly retreating.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Seconds after retreating, Garcia steps out, holding the stick upright along with plastic bags filled with recyclables, asking Silva in Spanish: “Porque me quieres pegar? Dale, dale, pega me?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

His straining faculties manufactured or else picked up a haunted, tongueless fear, by someone retreating from him, someone blown back to the farthest wall of the apartment in an attempt to evade him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick