- present participle of retreat.
retreating
Example Sentences
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If this ice begins retreating quickly, the process can become difficult to stop or reverse.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
You could see Gauff ramp up the aggression in set two but, instead of retreating, Muchova managed to play even more shots inside the baseline in the third set.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
But De Ketelaere poked a toe out to knock the ball back to Vanaken, who skipped a shot from about 30 yards past a retreating Ream and into the vacant goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Tech stocks struggled, with the Nasdaq composite retreating 0.4% and Cerebras Systems shares sliding 20% on AI build-out costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Yoyo heard their footsteps retreating down the hall.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
