He stood away from her, and away from himself, retreating onto safe ground.

Sherlock was forced from his position and retreated onto a nearby spur.

A cold front pushed through the next morning and the bones retreated from their already tentative forays onto the flats.

They kept firing as they retreated and held onto their guns.

And without pause Kit ran right up to the water, which was retreating at that particular moment-and then onto it.

They chased us into the garage but when Stephen stepped out of the car, they all retreated back onto the driveway.

He quickly retreated back up onto the red carpet.

By late morning, we'd retreated onto the porch or into the farmhouse, where the enormous windows seemed to draw in a bit of breeze.

She decided that she really didn't want to talk with the first officer, and she began to retreat back onto the power lift.

After realizing that they could not hold their positions much longer, the Dutch retreated further onto the island during the night.