"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Burman soldiers wisely retreated at the command of Pu Tong Seal, because of fear of losing their beloved king.
- He flailed about, hurling reams of old notes from his bed as Squib wisely retreated and hid under a table.
- In "Oft denk'ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen," he wisely retreated and let the lilting movement go its own paradoxical way.
- The auction houses quite wisely retreated, leaving specialist dealers bemoaning what they alleged were short-sighted policies.
- Realizing that a fourth-quarter technical foul could cost them a game in such a tightly-matched series, several Knicks tried to calm Childs down, and he wisely retreated to the locker room rather than fester at courtside.
- The watchmen wisely retreated before so overwhelming a force, and rowed their boat along the channel toward where the shore should be.
- The Governor has already compromised by wisely retreating from his earlier threat to close down the state government tomorrow if the Legislature fails to enact a budget by then.
- Mostly these were Bessarabian Jews that wisely retreated before the departure of the Soviet troops in mid-July 1941.
- Noonan was furious, of course, and Bob quite wisely retreated to a more judicious footing: he said that the film threat stood, but he would not enter the attorney general's race if Noonan promised no open-court mention of him.
- Choosing discretion over valor, the helicopter wisely retreated.
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