"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- If things get rough up here, we can retreat inside the cavern.
- His car came under attack, and so few officers were at the school, that they had to retreat inside the building.
- I retreated deep inside myself, away from the pain.
- She closed her eyes for a moment and seemed to retreat inside herself.
- In the act, he injured one of the terrorists and forced others to retreat inside a room.
- More and more, he seemed to be retreating inside his head.
- I retreat inside my shell and stare at the floor.
- If we do go wrong, though, we'll be able to retreat inside the walls of Videssos the city.
- You just hurt them so badly they retreated back inside themselves for a time.
- The police, some bleeding, one with a broken wrist, retreated inside the bar.
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