be in retreat

I looked behind and saw our support in full retreat.

She'd taken the first step in retreat before she stopped herself.

She and the rest of the beautiful people are in retreat.

But the car was in retreat at over a hundred miles an hour.

He is also deep in retreat, and that has its own problems.

Word having been sent out that the girl was in retreat, no one came to her room.

They wanted it to look as if the army was in retreat.

They went at a time when the snow was in retreat.

He'd tell her how they'd broken and run in full retreat.

With the other eyes in retreat, the joy came back.