"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- By 09:45 on the 16th, the two groups had reassembled, and they began to retreat eastward.
- Houston, in command of the main Texan army, slowly retreated eastward.
- We headed North, figuring that the ones who retreated eastward would get trapped against the wall and creamed.
- In so doing, retreat eastward for the Soviet forces was precluded.
- Cholera reached Europe from the East in 1831; after a devastating epidemic it retreated eastward about this time.
- Whole Nordic tribes were blotted out, and the rest retreated eastward.
- With that, a crowd of several thousand began drifting, then retreating eastward.
- Seeking a more defensible position, he slowly retreated eastward.
- Some retreated eastward to the Nile valley, taking with them their beliefs and influencing Egyptian art.
- To retreat eastward would mean running straight into the hands of the hunters.
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