"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- His hand went round her neck, and stopped its retreat.
- The soldiers were still closing in, but they did not seem intent on stopping their retreat.
- His anger stopped her retreat as his sympathy never would have.
- The name caught Jake's attention, and he quickly stopped his retreat.
- I hope you didn't come to make a withdrawal," he said, stopping their retreat.
- I planted my right foot against the top of his head, stopping his retreat.
- His free hand reached out, pressed her hip and stopped her retreat.
- That the other ship had stopped its retreat at four hundred miles was encouraging.
- It started to twist away, but then the wall opposite the doorway stopped its retreat.
- A couple more strides, and a wall of the cage would stop her retreat.
Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.