retreating in English
the French retreated in disarray
Use "retreating" in a sentence
1. General, the enemy is retreating.
2. He watched her retreating figure.
3. He has a retreating chin.
4. The flood waters are slowly retreating.
5. They are retreating, their warriors are crushed.
6. Racal appears to be retreating from the market.
7. Gladys Brown glowered at Meryl's slender retreating back.
8. The government is retreating from its promises.
9. This is the period of advancing and retreating glaciers.
10. You hunted down retreating warriors and took their weapons.
11. Through a telescope we watched the unfolding drama of a puffin on a ledge, peering over the edge, thinking better of it, retreating, advancing, retreating.
12. Lindsey stifled a sigh as she watched his retreating figure.
13. Do not blame him, Cesare, for retreating before the French hordes.
14. His pulse was a distant polka retreating into the unknown.
15. These differences likely led to the sect’s retreating to the wilderness.
16. Their own promptitude in retreating at the critical moment saved them.
17. She felt a sharp blow to her arm and gasped, retreating further.
18. A feint retreat is performed by briefly engaging the enemy, then retreating.
19. “Christianity [is] retreating rapidly . . . a picture of superstitious agnosticism, confusion, and ignorance. . . .
20. Alpine glaciers have been retreating, sea levels have risen, and climatic zones are shifting.
21. A long convoy of retreating Iraqi troops formed along the main Iraq-Kuwait highway.
22. Terry was standing at the landing window, Rose just retreating down the stairs.
23. It is clear that we are not retreating from our influence on nature.
24. Alpine glaciers have been retreating, sea levels have risen and climatic zones are shifting.
25. The retreating Muslim army was met by the ferocious Arab women in the camps.
26. As they approached Bastogne, they were met by the retreating troops from the U.S
27. Backdown definition: an act of retreating from a previously asserted position Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
28. Stopping to pick his hat off the road, he looked up at the retreating men.
29. It occurred as the troops of the Tokugawa shogunate were retreating north towards Nikkō and Aizu.
30. He ordered the destroyers and DEs to make a smoke screen to conceal the retreating carriers.
31. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: There is a mousetrap in the house!
32. Amelia loved poetry and had an ingrained habit of retreating into it to handle difficult situations.
33. He jabs it with the business end of the spear and it yelps, retreating, baring its fangs.
34. This boiled the blood of the retreating Muslims so much that they returned to the battlefield.
35. Far from rejecting internationalism and retreating to isolationism, the Republicans were proposing to go beyond containment.
36. So by retreating or by reaching for retribution, you’re not only wounding your mate but destroying yourself.
37. Kirkus also made a solo attempt on the line now known as Nameless, retreating from its final pitch.
38. Retreating troops were told to abandon their weapons and run as fast as they could towards the beach.
39. Sierra Leone installed an elected civilian government in March 1996, and the retreating RUF signed the Abidjan Peace Accord.
40. They are a colourful sequence of strata, which reflect the alternation between the advancing and retreating Tethys sea.
41. Mines were laid in strategic military locations to prevent the advance of troops and protect retreating forces
42. After retreating to Mauritius to regain his health, Jones started the difficult task of learning the Malagasy language.
43. Friends of the Earth accused the government of retreating from a firmly-stated commitment to identify contaminated land.
44. 1994 – Israeli troops finish retreating from the Gaza Strip after occupying it, giving the area to the Palestinians to govern.
45. In April 1754, Hsinbyushin also broke the siege of Ava, and pursued the retreating Hanthawaddy armies down to Minbu.
46. Destiny tapped Colin Powell on the shoulder and he sold a million books before retreating to his Virginia mansion.
47. Synonyms for Cowering include retreating, shrinking, blenching, flinching, recoiling, blanching, hiding, backing away, drawing back and pulling back
48. The Belgian III Corps, retreating from Liege, offered to support the French front held by the 3e DLM.
49. The only trouble was this: the sepoys kept on bravely coming forward, while he and his men kept on retreating.
50. Below the old Church at Battersea the retreating flood had left exposed a wide shelf of mud and gravel.