"Suit yourself," I said, and retreated indoors.

The dog glanced back at Casey, who retreated indoors, grinning.

If you've ever been outside for a long time on a windy day, you know that your skin feels dry and tight when you finally retreat indoors.

He told her that North Dakotans usually didn't retreat indoors until well after Thanksgiving.

I was ready to retreat indoors, but he stopped me and said, "Hey, isn't that one of those hybrids?"

You can usually retreat deep indoors; in fact, one measure of a natural disaster's severity is the extent to which it cuts off that retreat.

So you retreat indoors and swear to never watch a home care TV show again.

Some people retreated indoors then.

This entire culture seemed to have retreated indoors and died there.

Eventually, the fact that he cannot control it makes him commit "fratricide" by retreating indoors, to a shadow-free zone.