"retire" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I retired prudently to the attic, gathered my bonds round me and lay down again on the floor, in case they should take it into their heads to come and look at me.
- When the exhausted Pawnee reined up, some distance away, it was obvious that their tired mounts would be no match for the fresh ones ridden by Our People, and they prudently retired, but not before one of their braves made a last heroic effort.
- Mansur I was installed instead, and Alp Tigin prudently retired to south of the Hindu Kush, where he founded the Ghaznavid dynasty at Ghazna (modern Ghazni Province) in 962.
- In August, Verdi and Piave prudently retired to Busseto, Verdi's hometown, to continue the composition and prepare a defensive scheme.
- The fate of the palace and the Mayor still hung in the balance when Amintor prudently retired, and set out through the streets to carry warning to the House of Courtenay.
- Characteristically, Elizabeth bristled at his presumption, and Sidney prudently retired from court.
- She gave a little gasp of surprise and retired prudently behind a group of people, from where she surveyed his progress through the room with Margaret.
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