Those fires had forced a steady retreat toward the very core of town, abandoning supplies they couldn't shift under enemy fire.

Since then, Arab power and glory have been in steady retreat.

Retribution may be sweet, but steady retreat is still our wisest course.

A general advance followed and the Russians were forced into a steady retreat.

The news turned the stock's steady, five-year retreat into a rout.

Striker, meanwhile, had been able to keep up a steady retreat.

The most obvious area has been in the steady retreat from adhesives that release solvents into the air when applied.

All this, despite Pluto's steady retreat from the sun as it followed its 273-year, highly elliptical orbit.

Mr. Abraham, not known as a self-effacing actor, here seems to be in steady retreat from his character.

After the truth was revealed, her mad scene became a steady retreat from reality.