Sentence Examples

1. Jane was still at Syon House in quiet retreat as befitted a newlywed.
2. So growing up, our families spent a lot of time together boating, camping, and spending time at their island retreat.
3. Jack tightened his hold on the mare, shortened reins pulled her head down and around, a simple ploy designed to convince his opponent that he was in retreat.
4. He had been surprised to find out that Mary, her loyalist supporters around her, had gone into retreat.
5. Sometimes he wonders if his choice to spend the first few months of every year here, at a time when the rains have freshened the landscape, has more to do with the charm of the place, than it does his need for retreat.
6. His brother must have caught up to him, His horse, Ebony, set a pheasant from its concealed retreat in the dried grass and thicket of the previous summer.
7. I gaze into the void of starlight and listen to the ocean but fatigue soon sets in again and I retreat behind my barricade.
8. Richard also appeared to be standing quietly listening for the retreat of the visitors before moving to leave himself.
9. She pushed the paper quickly into her pocket and, wood back in place, made a hasty retreat to her room.
10. I was kind of tempted to retreat back into my room.