"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- "Just a manner of speaking, love," Bob told her, but then retreated to another table, still within earshot.
- He seemed to have retreated somewhere within himself, to a place where she was not welcome.
- Her first tendency when feeling cornered was to retreat within herself, shut the door, and stew.
- We could, perhaps, hold our ground here for a while, then retreat back within the walls of the city.
- After his wife died five years ago, Kane had seemed to retreat within himself.
- But slowly they all began to retreat within the spillings of the cloud.
- Chamberlain let his eyes close down to the slits, retreating within himself.
- Old One retreated deep within herself, searching for the solution she knew she must find.
- For a long moment, he retreated within his consciousness, mastering his fear.
- Qui-Gon hesitated, closed his eyes, and retreated deep within himself.
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