"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- As they get older, their frustration and an accurate feeling of rejection cause them to retreat from painful social interaction.
- Why should the sight of a Naval uniform cause them to retreat into tight-lipped silence?
- I waited, lest my word cause him to retreat once more into his taciturnity.
- The family strife caused her to retreat from public life and concern herself more with religion.
- Their disagreeable behavior often causes parents to retreat further into the haven of work.
- "But he also told me that his bombers attacked the Chinese armored forces and caused them to retreat."
- His shuffling footstep coming towards them caused her to retreat to the other end of the room.
- Brostrum was able to kill one and wound others causing them to retreat.
- A half-familiar older man advanced toward the youths, causing them to retreat.
- This caused Leela to retreat to the bedroom or the kitchen.
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