"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Finally, we could fight no more and retreated in good order.
- One can only imagine how much further they may retreat in six more months.
- "We retreat not in fear but rather because you have turned the house of God into a killing field!"
- They may not even be able to retreat in a conventional way.
- He retreated in the other direction, trying to lead them away.
- He said the country had decided not to retreat in a world where "change is the only constant."
- This time, they retreated to a house in the lake district.
- They were concerned about being cut off and retreated in the face of continued British pressure.
- The second group retreated to the plain in the south.
- He retreated in confusion and I've been a different person ever since.
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