"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The double took the armed buggy, turned around, and retreated back the way Minerva had come.
- Next moment, with Gordon and the half-senseless woman in their midst, the Cloudmen hastily retreated back out of the gorge.
- There was heavy fighting in the streets and in the end the Swedish forces were repelled and forced to retreat back the way they came.
- She retreated back a few paces toward the curb and scanned each face that passed.
- Now he retreated back a dozen paces, and ran, hurling himself into the air from the edge of the hole, keeping his head as low as he could.
- As the Germans retreated back out over the channel, some bomber groups scattered while others formed uneven formations and were pursued by RAF fighters.
- Geordi looked at Data's briskly retreating back with a frown that hovered between puzzled and concerned.
- On perceiving him Lord St. Clair started and retreating back a few paces, with uplifted Hands, said, "Another Grand-child!
- The 25th and 19th Panzer Divisions countered attacked strongly, but were ultimately ineffective and were forced to retreat back the Oder River.
- Jane left, and Miriam stared at her retreating back before she reached for a paper knife from her desk and slit the string.
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