| 单词 | retreat |
| 例句 | Something inside her sank at the sight of his retreating back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He casually extends her the finger over his shoulder and retreats into his room, slumping down onto the couch by the door with the magazine. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He let the man in black advance, let him build up courage, retreating gracefully between some trees, letting his Bonetti defense keep him safe from harm. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The claim still influenced the jury, and the killer was convicted not of the boy’s murder but of firing repeatedly as the boys friends tried to retreat. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It enraged him as he listened to the thundering feet of his retreating children and heard Mary Anne scream, “Torah! Torah! Torah!” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On some vacant land nearby, he could while away long summer days by digging elaborate underground tunnels—cool, dark, subterranean retreats from Spokane’s sometimes searing dry heat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I never saw soldiers fight well after a retreat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She zipped up her hoodie just as Rishi buttoned up his coat, both of them retreating a little farther into the warmth of fleece and heavy cotton. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “They must be away. That is the retreat Lord, lord, will ye look at the confusion!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When home, Mother retreats to our room, misses dinner, remains soundless. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “That way they can cut off the Army’s retreat,” Achilles said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m about to bolt back into the woods, when, in my periphery, I catch some kind of movement on the other side of the building, then hear the same crunching noises as the footsteps retreat. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There were few of them left, yet they fought at the foot of the trail and would not retreat. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When the 586th arrived in their Yaks, the enemy planes dropped their bombs in a snow-covered field instead of on their populated industrial target, and beat a hasty retreat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “While your plan is sound, the path you choose is not suitable for quick retreat should Arawn pursue you.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z When we hear his footsteps retreat back down the hall, Miles and I look at each other and burst into laughter. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Anya tried to back out of the house, but someone blocked her retreat. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She’s seen them too: the scruffy youngish guy who came in today with a pile of books as if it were a reading retreat. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The chicken made straight for the bed, and Seth tossed his other handful of salt in a wide arc to cover their retreat, scalding the flying centipede in the process. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The keeplock officers, always eager to avoid extra work for themselves, were beating a hasty retreat down the center stairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All across the room, the smaller spiders became agitated and began retreating back into the hallway. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When a strong enemy threatened an agricultural village, retreat meant giving up fields, houses and granaries. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But to his right some way down the corridor a woman wrapped in a scarlet kimono was retreating from him. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I was afraid that if I seemed too eager or too surprised—too anything—he might retreat. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In retreat, it was setting fire to everything in its path. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “They have sounded the retreat!” the brave queen cried. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I stare at her retreating back for a few seconds, and then sit down. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Boys are always staring at her, trying to talk to her, but she’s too shy and instead retreats into our little group of girls. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered too giving close air support in Korea to a retreating Marine battalion, and seeing the dead Marines frozen grotesquely in the snow. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Teamsters with their teams and dangling traces, retreating infantry without guns, many without hats, a harmless mob, with massive columns of the enemy moving orderly on.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It is tempting to retreat to my small, private apartment. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A lantern hanging from the low ceiling of my cabin swings with the motion, and shadows reach and retreat, each time seeming to get a little bit closer. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Like other times in his life when things had gone wrong, he wanted to retreat into his own private kingdom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The sprawling Tudor monstrosity in the plutocrats’ retreat of Tuxedo Park, New York, had been built at the turn of the century by a wealthy banker and abandoned amid the grief of a family tragedy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They had been taught since childhood that retreating, surrendering, or being captured in war was a great shame to your nation and family. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I sipped my soup with the hairs in it because Mandy had said to, even though I grimaced at the soup and at Mandy’s retreating back. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Rachel flew off of the guard line, and this time I had the wherewithal to retreat. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Last year, I always tried to have my gear ready in case I had to make a speedy retreat in the night. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Not since that summer,” she says, and retreats with her vulture face and vulture fingernails into the redolent dark. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His sister put down the egg but continued to glare at the retreating woman. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It was before the disastrous May when the Allies fled, retreating to the French beaches, before the siege that was the Battle of Britain, before the thunder and flame-filled nights of the Blitz. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z With the help of its power I retreat back into my eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The Day of Sacrifice only came once a year, after all, and he liked to look his best during the sober procession to the cursed house, and during the somber retreat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I retreat from the church before I can further damage my soul. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z After speaking with Darnell, I thought about refiling his assertions before the case went up on appeal and maybe, just maybe, we could persuade local officials to retreat from the case against Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to lie, but the lawyer wouldn’t let me think, so I used silence as a retreat. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Peruvian doctors were following WHO protocol, retreating Christian with standard first-line antibiotics that had failed to stop the TB in the first place. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z From his Sea Island, Georgia, retreat, Governor Faubus urged our leaders and school officials to allow a cooling-off period before resuming integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were thirteen when we made the list, and we were pretty positive the retreating glacier rhetoric was bogus. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “The girls are new but everybody knows her. They must have brought them up just before the retreat.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The agents were forced to retreat, chased by the sirocco. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I ended up spending the rest of my Christmas vacation in retreat, doing research. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Soheil puts his hands up, shaking his friends off him and retreating a few steps. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Gradually we became accustomed to Desdemona’s retreat from the family sphere. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She turns her back on the startled slaver, who quickly retreats, and settles her gaze on me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There drummers who sounded the advance and retreat across the battlefields thumped upon the skins of their raucous instruments, judging the quality of the attack. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Is this some frenzied retreat into your native animism?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And with so much space, they could retreat endlessly and make the rats follow them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It meant a retreat from the very florid and ornate polyphony that had obsessed composers for a hundred years. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He also mentioned how he often used to retreat to his room. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “He could retreat into either of the toilets or he could disappear into one of the compartments.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Would the hunger ever fade, retreat in a kind and gentle way and stop its constant knocking? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Looking back at early man, perhaps, or at his ape cousins, he saw that running away was what you did instinctively when you were afraid; retreating was the usual effect of fear. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Sansa heard cloth ripping, followed by the softer sound of retreating footsteps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Its only fixed manifestation is in the Fastnesses, retreats to which people may retire and spend the night or a lifetime. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The Albemarle had been built in the nineteenth century, as a retreat for rich convalescents. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Of course, of course,” says the farmer, retreating to the entry and pulling off his boots. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There was a part of him that dreamed, and he was not sure if that part could ever retreat into an interminable silence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “But what about the trip to the nature retreat?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Our retreat had been planned for May, the month of Mary. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Abboud had gone on a weekend retreat with her women’s group. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I had not realized how gigantic the retreat was. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z By the end of the summer, the scraping of spoon and fork against the plate had replaced dinner table chatter and Baba had resumed retreating to his study after supper. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then the radiance moved on, fading, retreating, but Tendai knew what he had to do. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z All she knew was that presently a wave seemed to lift them and carry them swiftly on and then, retreating, leave them on something solid and motionless. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As Rishi watched the rapidly retreating back of his possible future wife, he realized he'd totally freaked her out because of his poorly executed joke. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The state of emergency was called off, and so we went ahead with plans for our retreat. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He halted his retreat, and so did his warriors, to watch Lazlo run to the anchor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We got past the town to the north without seeing any Italians, then after a while came on the main channels of the retreat and walked all night toward the Tagliamento. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps I will paint this town—from a distance, as if it is on a far hill—and in the foreground, an enclosure of gold, a secret garden, a retreat in which I am safe. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She pouts, then retreats into her office, closing the door behind her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It is nothing that regiment after regiment returns again and again to the ever more hopeless struggle, that attack follows attack along the weakening, retreating, crumbling line. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, the battlefield was silent except for a few fires burning, and a few retreating monsters screaming in panic. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We are so close on the heels of our retreating enemies that we reach it almost at the same time as they. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was his summer retreat. I guess he would ride his horse out here and chill. Basically, it’s the original man cave.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z "Come to think on it, I'm not hungry after all," he declared, retreating to the comer of his cell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Armin had taught us in fencing class never to retreat from an opponent, for it is a defensive and not an offensive posture. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The Soviet players were subsidized by their government and in many cases given dachas as retreats where they could study and train for matches. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When Richard saw his family there, a smile flickered across his face and then disappeared, like a snail retreating into its shell. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I can see her leaning backward as if she's trying to retreat. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Finally, after more than a week, the rash began to retreat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It made him retreat into himself and look out at the world with bleary weary eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He thought of Lee as he had looked riding that hill, his hat off so that the retreating men could see him and recognize him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched her doll- like figure retreating through the cold wind, and somehow I felt much warmer. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time the evocation of the Founder saddened me, and the campus seemed to rush past me, fast retreating, like the fading of a dream at the sundering of slumber. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the first meeting since our disastrous retreat. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Marco nods absently, not meeting her eyes, and quickly retreats to his corner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Now I was tired, too tired; my mind retreating, the image of the two glass eyes running together like blobs of melting lead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If they get so near that they can reach us we are done for, we cannot retreat yet. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z You had to stand your ground or retreat to a safe location before you could log out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I can give you a copy,” Brij said to our retreating backs. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We came in for a low pass, and I saw the Apollo campers retreating. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z At this the grey-eyed goddess Athena left him and left that comely land, going over sea to Marathon, to the wide roadways of Athens and her retreat in the stronghold of Erekhtheus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In their eyes, there is already retreat; they are already in the land of the dead. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Stomach- sleepers like me were in retreat from reality, given to dark perception and the meditative arts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I retreat into the imaginary world of Soledad, inventing more twists and turns to her story, eager to write it all down before I forget. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I could either accept this new reality or retreat from it, and the latter outcome might end up being even worse than the first. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Then he turned and went out into the field to say goodbye, and when that was done he gave the order to retreat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of days later I fled to upstate New York, where I own a small cabin that serves as a writing retreat. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment I think she might change her mind and retreat into the barren hills with her brother. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Was it possible that he had already entered the cabinet in the Room of Requirement, or had the Order made steps to secure it, to prevent the Death Eaters retreating that way? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The owner—a fat man in a Mets cap—shrieked, stooped partway to the floor in consternation, then sprang up, cursing, as if to grab the retreating Henry by the collar. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her eyebrows rise when I don’t leave, watching as I retreat to a corner to fill them out, chewing on the end of the pen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A rumble went through the crowd, then fell away like a wave retreating, drawing pebbles out from shore. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “They will probably retreat. Or Ewell will push them off. But if Meade is there tomorrow, I will attack him.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I backed away, crablike, further into darkness—like a crab retreating in pain when you strike two stones at the mouth of his underwater den. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was obvious enough now they saw it—this was what happened when a chaotic retreat could go no further. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She was so impressed by his enormous motley nakedness that she felt an impulse to retreat. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Neither side could defeat the other, and both were unwilling to retreat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Newfound anger boiled her blood as she watched their retreating backs and remembered yet another piece of the night before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Another second passed before the Shetani jolted without warning, retreating into the lemongrass fields and leaving the two of them alone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When Johnson read this, he asked Pearson to meet him at Camp David, the presidential retreat in rural Maryland. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Their tattered uniforms were black with soot from the villages they’d burned in retreat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It happened on the last day of our retreat. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Clippinger instanter ordered us fire, which we did, having no choice—we fired right upon them—and one fell—three reaching our line, the others, following the blast, retreating. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He shook his head suddenly, violendy, and remembered the old man again, coming bareheaded along the hill, stemming the retreat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes voices retreat to separate topics, two or three conversations. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I explained that I’d be traveling with Padre de Jesus and the Salcedo group, and this retreat was important for renewing my faith. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If they could save the fleet, they could retreat and regroup. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Old Bear was too stubborn to retreat, but neither would he rush headlong up the Milkwater, seeking battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Papa’s glare at his retreating children intensified as he pointed one stern finger at them, then to a spot on the ground one foot away from him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I trembled as I tore a cartridge with my teeth; but our antagonist and his friends, outnumbered and outflanked, were beating a retreat, ducked low, into an alley. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She and Dad have a deal where she’s pretending she’s on a rural writer’s retreat and getting her writing work done. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Next thing I knew, His Kingdom was coming down upon the very roof of that retreat house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She would have preferred to retreat upstairs to her room, but Leon finished the call with an echoing rattle of the Bakelite and turned to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When Octavian’s troops moved to the outskirts of Alexandria, Mark Antony launched an assault that temporarily forced the Romans to retreat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Once the wire had it, any retreat by either of us was unthinkable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After our retreat from St. Louis, Momma gave us a weekly allowance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time she’d met him she’d begun to fear that she was retreating into her former self, before Paris—untouched, bookish, alone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Colton and I beat our retreat to the classroom and filled out a new form. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The tattoo on your neck,” I shout at Mazen’s retreating back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z For escape from this world by retreating so far into my own head, I never had to question whether it was real or not. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The Christian churches could not abandon their belief in miracles and angels, but Christians could certainly retreat from their insistence on the reality of witchcraft, demonic possession, poltergeists, levitation and second sight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This retreat was our first, and Brother Daniel had managed to get the Maryknolls to let us use their motherhouse up in the mountains. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Briony imagined that retreating footsteps in the wide polished corridors had a muffled, apologetic sound, where once they had been bright and efficient. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Hazel was tempted to retreat, but the tunnel was closing behind them, leaving them stranded on a tiny ledge. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Achillas hoped that Caesar, with only a handful of troops to hold the city, would be forced to retreat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I look Mom square in the eye, then rinse my plate and retreat to my room. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Cal’s emotions hid deep in him and peered out, ready to retreat or attack. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly my friends went from holding their ground to retreating. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He was so terrified that merely to discuss the cases, he would retreat into a back room and bolt the door. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I throw the paper cup in the trash can, take the newspaper off her desk, and retreat to the cot at the far end of the room. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Like sea things retreating with the ocean’s tide, water snakes and muskrats went back to the green areas along ditches and in the dampest vegas. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And the father watched his son and could feel the drive and the fear, the advance and the retreat, because he could feel it in himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “The word that we were to retreat came from the Division.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The manager of the Sandstone Ranch, a nudist retreat, remembered two men showing up and asking questions about Ellsberg. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I was sheepishly retreating also; but Mr. Rochester followed me, and when we reached the wicket, he said— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He waited for the crunch of retreating footsteps but heard none. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But mostly they were angry with the “brass,” and with their own officers for abandoning them in the retreat, and with the French for collapsing without a fight. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It gave me some appreciation for what my parents might have been going through back in the fall when I’d spent a majority of my time in private retreat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mom fixed supper every day, but left it on the stove, retreating to her bedroom. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They accused the ANC of retreating from the Harare Declaration demand for an unconditional, blanket amnesty covering political prisoners and exiles. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The hawks beat a fast retreat to the woods. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The nostrils open and close, snuffing and blowing, and then the trunk retreats. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Everywhere he saw signs of the retreat: The heavy tracks of cannon. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They would have no good options for retreat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Harry watched the grass flatten in patches all around the cabin and heard three pairs of feet retreating. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Butler could actually feel his bones knitting and the blood retreating from semicongealed scabs. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But, unlike Brent, he reverses course, stunning at warp speed—lunging, legs, arms, foil extending, then retreating. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then that flag was down in the smoke, and Longstreet could no longer see, and the retreat began to flood by him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After the flames chased Joseph Chamberlin, forcing him to retreat, he headed north along Jefferson Street. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Usually, I could stand only a few minutes of the Faire before retreating to someplace quiet and safe. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z As I drove down the interstate to reach the prison, I noticed the long rays of sunlight retreating even as the heat of the Alabama summer persisted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He met her on the wall where she had gone in terror to watch the fighting when she heard the Trojans were in retreat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His blade flashed in the light again and again, and at first, Inigo was only too delighted to retreat. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I stand motionless, my eyes locked on him, considering plans of retreat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z What made this retreat possible was the development of a new and powerful argument for religious faith. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I’d spent the last weeks wanting to retreat and be alone. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z So my one and only sleepover, up until now, was pretty much of a disaster, which is why I’m a little nervous about the nature retreat. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Before Jinx could retreat, Ned had him by the arm and looked about to drown him or punch him, or both. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The resulting conflict left two dead: a federal agent and Sammy, who was retreating, running up the hill toward the cabin, when he was shot in the back. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I retreat to the shadows of the kitchen. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Moreover, I had trapped myself beneath the table and could neither approach Hamlet nor retreat without being seen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “You mean that he could retreat into his own compartment?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z If the Virgencita didn’t think it was time for my girl to magnify the Lord, I certainly couldn’t talk her into a retreat with “old ladies” and a bunch of bad-breath priests. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman’s eyes went wide, and she beat a hasty retreat. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Their initial frantic retreat southward had been blocked. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z It is tempting to retreat to my small, private apartment. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She needed to retreat and plan some more. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Amos won the medal for overall excellence in sports, which I was really happy about because, ever since the nature retreat, I considered Amos to be like one of my best friends in school. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z She reaches out to me, but I retreat farther into the flower bed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The lines of fire became flowing torrents, file upon file of Orcs bearing flames, and wild Southron men with red banners, shouting with harsh tongues, surging up, overtaking the retreat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was no need to confuse our retreat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I considered skipping my snack and retreating to my room, but I couldn’t sleep on an empty stomach. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z On the shore, shot punched holes in walls; docks staggered; and as we boarded our launches, we perceived figures retreating among the chaos and confusion of the piers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Stop him, Papa!” screamed Mrs. Popper, retreating into the hallway with Captain Cook after her, and Mr. Popper and the children following. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z A retreat was no place for two virgins. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z And yet the Soviet forces were taking such a beating that it was impossible not to retreat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I retreat back into the alley and get ambushed or I jump onto the sidewalk and make a run for it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But all of them, whatever their age, watched her retreating view with interest. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He cried, “Oh, my friend, retreat from me! Please, I beg of you!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It is not the aim of this work to discuss the dark days that preceded the wizards’ retreat into hiding. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not too late to retreat up the street. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Tell me, was it a bit of genius or a severe case of overthinking that led ye to drop the crown before retreating up the staircase?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The cubicle wall comes down to only a foot above the floor, and back through the gap a noiseless arm is retreating, the hand clutching my wallet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me, I have never seen a retreat—if there is a retreat how are all the wounded evacuated?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I feel myself retreating to someplace deep inside. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She’d been looking down at their hands, still joined, hers curled inside his, but she glanced up now and didn’t retreat from the pronoun. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There are no more magazines, no more films, no more substitutes; only me and my shadow, walking away from the two men, who stand at attention, stiffly, by a roadblock, watching our retreating shapes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone, simply everyone, has rushed out to their country retreats. It is most annoying.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She nods to Molly as if to say All yours! and retreats down the stairs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They bickered, and we heard them retreat over the roofs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They had to keep retreating into the shadows of a gateway, ducking down behind a wall, or climbing through a window and waiting with bated breath for the guard to pass by. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z This is a big part of every day for Dr. Atchley, if not the walk, the retreat. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Vernie and the rest of the family retreat across the grassy slope, toward the grave plot that was meant to be mine. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The neighbors looked me over one last time before retreating back into their homes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They retreat to their corners when the phone rings again. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She would retreat back to her room, sit on the bed, and watch the snow falling. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They have not broken through; they have to retreat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth and I would have to retreat before we were cut off from Mount Olympus. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I turned around to see if I could retreat, only to see four more men approach. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Now the main retreat was scarcely two furlongs distant. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Jake moved to stand over Miss Riley with a folded newspaper, but the angry bees had too many targets and gave up in confusion, retreating back up the mountain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Before I could retreat from the doorway, Nick lifted his gaze and spied me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A portion of the Hercules Cluster of galaxies, with about 300 known members, retreating from our region of the Cosmos at some 10,000 kilometers per second. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Supplanted, I stepped aside; and felt manhood retreat before me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I nodded, seeing him take two of the other men by the arm and retreat to a corner. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Meggie heard the key turn in the lock, then Basta saying something that made the boy laugh, and the sound of their footsteps retreating. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Thirty minutes after settling down for the night, wind-driven debris from the fire ignited the dry grass nearby, forcing them to abandon their things and retreat farther north. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Bernard stood watching the retreating twinkle of the white stockings, the sunburnt knees vivaciously bending and unbending again, again, and the softer rolling of those well-fitted corduroy shorts beneath the bottle green jacket. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z On the contrary, he had kept up the pursuit in spite of Kehaar and had actually carried out a scheme to cut off the fugitives’ retreat. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to go to the nature retreat!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z So ashamed I dropped my head and looked at the ground so that all I saw of her retreat was the movement of her shoes as she took off, sobbing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But in my dreams I still have hope, and in life, no safe retreat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The tar between the planks seems to retreat from his deluge. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Pyatsha took one of his boots off and threw it at his retreating oldest brothers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When we should have tried to help ’em live with the decision, it was like Bonaparte’s retreat we ran so fast. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But after the retreat, when someone else, someone impartial and from the East Coast, deemed me Juilliard worthy, the idea burrowed into Gran’s brain. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “And not one step down Knockturn Alley!” she shouted at the twins’ retreating backs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The lock clicks, footsteps retreat, and I’m left alone to await my fate. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z My eyes stared straight ahead, even though I could hear them close ranks behind me, cutting off any retreat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Timett had chosen to retreat back up to the cellar after a brief taste of the cold below. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I made two advances to close the distance, and matched each of Olena’s advances with a retreat. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Catelyn edged her foot backward, the most timid of steps, but the mule was behind her, and she could not retreat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Moving up and down the steps, putting her ear to the door and then retreating after a time, she passed the hours. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I thought of blowing 263 again, but instead opened the locker lid and sat down, retreating to the inner sanctum of my territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And already I am retreating from them, before dessert has been served . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Hatchet himself was retreating as well, clutching a wounded arm, staggering back under their onslaught. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Frank’s arrows cut them down as they tried to retreat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The man in the grey suit releases her wrist and she steps back, retreating into a corner and staring at her hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The officers at the table talk with indignation about other numbers: the Eighth and Fifth German Armies retreat north through Italy, the Tenth Army might be encircled. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Just in time, too, because the glass is retreating and I’m standing free in the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It's then that he remembers himself and retreats, a look of terror in his eyes, as though waking from a trance, his eyes shifting back and forth as he stares at me in fear. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was flanked by a couple, of Hermes guys covering his retreat, and a few Apollos behind them, fighting off the Hephaestus kids. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Keep close, keep constant distance between you and your opponent as you advance, retreat. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We could avoid the main line of the retreat by keeping to the secondary roads beyond Udine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “It isn’t that,” Newel said, continuing his slow retreat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The sheriff and his posse were in retreat now. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a souvenir from a spiritual retreat she and Papa had attended; the words GOD is love crawled over her sagging breasts. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what had driven him to this retreat into the past, with me an unconscious witness of his mood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z To my surprise, she kisses my cheek before retreating into the house. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They moved forward, they bore down on the eraser from three sides, cutting off all retreat, pinning it down in murderous crossfire, the lieutenant leading the charge, the captain shouting commands, calling in air strikes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The day before the last day of school, Mr. Tushman called me into his office to tell me they had found out the names of the seventh graders from the nature retreat. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z By the time she did, she saw only the familiar form retreating. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z By the time of the Bohemian Grove retreat, they were ready with a proposal for their own big accelerator. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “The retreat was really something to see,” said Heinz. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Lennie looked helplessly at George, and then he got up and tried to retreat. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The planets sped up on approaching the Sun and slowed down on retreating from it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “And when the fighting happened...when we were retreating...I...I ran....Three of the Hessians caught me...made me prisoner....Only”—he fumbled for words—“I...escaped.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Then she heard Mr. Curtain send S.Q. away, and suspecting a trap, she beat a quick retreat down the culvert to the shore. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the Army of Northern Virginia began retreating from Petersburg, Grant had ordered part of his army to head north -9 8 K- and capture Richmond. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The first group opened fire and pretended to retreat. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Some sleep under the open sky, close to the heater in the center of our camp, while others retreat to their tents. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Turner felt, for the first time, the full ignominy of the retreat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But Howling Mad Smith refused to order his Marines to retreat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He was thinking: retreat is not even an option; we must assault or maneuver. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She retreats but then stops, small hands twisting together. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They retreat to their three rooms, to their three separate beds, to their thick mattresses and pillows and fitted sheets. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z With other kids around, he retreats into invisibility, keeping his head down as he makes his way inside, leaving me completely behind. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “The retreat is a bloody shambles. For heaven's sake, man. This is your one last good chance to show what we can do when we're decisive and determined. What's more...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And if an elephant was ever attacked by a lion, there is no doubt that the elephant would retreat rather than stay and fight. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I loaded his plate down with the last slices of tongue and set it in front of him before retreating to my corner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Reggie was particularly excited because of the speakers who were going to be in attendance at the retreat. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He had assumed she would retreat to the living room, behind her barricade of files. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Now it was galloping around and around the black shapes on the ground, and the dementors were falling back, scattering, retreating into the darkness.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He could hear more screams than those of the retreating ghosts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Oh my God,” I whispered at his retreating back. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure turns the key in the lock and pockets it and finds her cane as she retreats into the low space of the kennel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Our other party, fleeing, made an uneven retreat down toward the launch—Clippinger, still by our side, calling across the lawn to them to stand—stand and fire, cowards—but nothing could induce them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But in the case of housing, the extreme upward skewing of the market has been accompanied by a cowardly public sector retreat from responsibility. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I retreat to the family room, take my pain meds, and turn on the TV. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I was sorry now that I had begun but was in too deeply to retreat. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing they are outgunned, the Confederates retreat back to their positions, only to be surrounded as the Union force quickly counterattacks. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He had only the bare wall behind him now, and the grating cutting off his retreat to the right—and Basta was coming straight at him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Every afternoon they boarded a boat and made their way out to the New York Athletic Club’s private retreat, Huckleberry Island, a mile off Travers Island, out in the cool waters of Long Island Sound. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We exchanged fire all night, until morning arrived, at which point we had no choice but to retreat into the village where they wanted us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z My opponent doesn’t have to engage my blade, just retreat, keep himself safe as the last minute counts down. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He leaves the door open now and retreats to the dining room with all the others. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z If you prefer an “academic life” as a retreat from reality, do not go into biology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He picked out a hole that the retreating ripples left bubbling, straddled it, and set to digging with his hands. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But is she approaching the summit, or is she actually on a slope that leads to a lower peak, from which she will eventually have to retreat and retrace her steps? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I was about to order a retreat when I heard the hunting horn. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t forget to check the water for snakes!” said Ekon to her retreating back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Something of my life seemed to retreat with them into a gray distance, moiling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z All they could hope to achieve against a Panzer division was an extra hour or two for the retreating soldiers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Argo II picked up speed, retreating northwest, as they’d been doing for the past two days. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Instead I do a nice, loud chest beat, and after a moment the doctor retreats. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Everyone knew that its ports had been served up to the Russians at Yalta; also that the Russians, retreating, had surrendered their guns, not to Nationalist troops, but to Communist. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I retreat to a small hallway alcove, imagining backup scenarios. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We retreat to our places, ignoring the questioning looks thrown our way. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A bun, which he had fashioned out of an un-even coif and tried to angle forward, did not hide the fact that his hairline was in full retreat. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As Smith passed his days in the Unaweep, the West that had formed him was making a long, painful retreat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Septon Chayle had emerged briefly from the sept, fingering the seven-sided crystal on the thong about his neck, only to retreat inside again once the prayers began. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Fires raged and the roads out of Saigon were jammed with refugees and water buffaloes pulling overloaded carts and crying children searching for parents and retreating South Vietnamese soldiers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She backed away from the front door, retreating into the dark hall, and her stepmother came after her, blocking the beam of light from the lantern that had thrown their shadows across the wall. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When she sees my father, the girl retreats and lifts her gun. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z As he traveled, the memories of those hungry-eyed animals accompanied him, darting and retreating like accusing ghosts. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t know whether to retreat or advance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He had utterly forgotten where he was; his eyes were still riveted on that point in space where he had last seen Jan’s retreating form. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The sea’s languid retreat into the horizon and the terrible silence of its absence. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She drags her eyes away from a retreating bin and up to the next applicant. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Then Ben saw Sammy’s shadow, quiet as a ferret, retreating along the same route he had advanced, but stopping behind each tree to ensure that he had not been seen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stay out of the way, shrew. There’s no more retreating. All ends here!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I forgot that English people rather turn up their noses at governesses and don’t treat them as we do,” said Meg, looking after the retreating figure with an annoyed expression. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I pry Heather out of Mom’s claws and we retreat to my room. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Brent toys with him—most times retreating, but then adding a bounce to quicken his speed for a lunge, then hit. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z To this all agreed, but their retreat was now difficult. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z First, we had to learn basic fencing footwork: how to advance, retreat, and lunge. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And if I am wrong and the realm does not rise for us, we can always retreat back across the narrow sea, as Bittersteel once did, and others after him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We greeted them and Padre de Jesus explained that we were on a retreat, so if they had any special requests they wanted us to remember in our prayers, please let us know. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in almost constant retreat before Falconer's attack. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He tried retreating to the boulders, but that was denied him too. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The monstrous army swarmed him, but the Maeonian drakon flattened everything in its path, sweeping its tail and spraying poison while Damasen jabbed at Tartarus, forcing the god to retreat like a cornered lion. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Their dark robes made them look like pieces of retreating shadow against the charcoal colors of Tarbean’s moonlit streets. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At one point, Lee pauses to write a letter to Confed- \\ erate president Jefferson Davis, saying that his army is in retreat and can no longer defend Richmond. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The pencil woman began once again to retreat. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She looked about as pleased as he felt; her lips were pursed tight, her eyes fixed longingly on Celia’s retreating back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I had done half the retreat on foot and swum part of the Tagliamento with his knee. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The waiter sets a telephone on a table and retreats. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I stop moving, the bravado retreating on seeing the hand holding the book. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z We watched it undo itself and retreat into its hole. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I could not retreat, as did so many, into the church and its mysteries. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I shot everything that moved, until we were ordered to retreat because we needed another strategy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They were forced to retreat, unable to break past the fierce Lakota and Cheyenne firing. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z After enough aggravation, he’d retreat into his shell and harden over, and that would be the end of it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And then he told me all about the stuff that had gone down at the nature retreat. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Then he retreats back under the bunk, shaking his head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Mary Anne left the kitchen, her head arched proudly, yet somehow her departure had the look of retreat, of irredeemable loss. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The tip of his knife nicked her throat, but she didn’t retreat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Khione was not beaten at the Wolf House. She said it was a...ah, what is the term? A tactical retreat.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z James warily watched the retreating mushroom head bob across the room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z With minor variations, it always went like this: I’m crouched in the corner of my grandfather’s bedroom, amber dusk-light retreating from the windows, pointing a pink plastic BB rifle at the door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then, retreating to the house, he popped open a tallboy and slumped at the kitchen table, watching Nancy mop the floor. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick is to watch for bubbles and dimples in the sand as the shallow waves retreat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They watched her slight figure retreating until finally she was swallowed by the darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z From his upstate New York retreat where he and his wife were recuperating, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton wrote to praise the cure used by his doctor, who had openly rejected Rush’s cure. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He was very glad to shrug on a coarse nightshirt and retreat to the workroom, now bedroom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulls his hand away like he’s retreating. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We were saved a retreat into the past, and I had learnt my lesson. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Michael and his archers tried to retreat, but Annabeth stayed right beside me, fighting with her knife and mirrored shield as we slowly backed up the bridge. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z As I listened to her retreat, I allowed my hand to slide to the floor, my body shaking with ragged breaths. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As the outsider, you can retreat into a shell, be anonymous, be invisible. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Even she, who knew nothing of military strategy or journalistic convention, understood a euphemism for retreat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I am ashamed that I stood thus, able to save neither myself nor any other, serving to do nothing but block retreat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The Abbot had issued strict orders that no missiles or weaponry be discharged at the enemy in retreat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Was she retreating into the living room, to the fireplace and her secret staircase? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Would he raise his hand to strike her and would she retreat? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I could feel myself pulling away, retreating inward, wanting to save him and myself by sacrificing this newfound happiness, and I knew he felt it happening. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I call out hoarsely, but he has already turned from the scene, already continued his retreat from the fog. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Harry was shooting jinxes and curses at any Death Eater he could see, and they crumpled, not knowing what or who had hit them, and their bodies were trampled by the retreating crowd. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z You want to retreat into your shell, spiraling in and in and in, but you realize you don’t have a shell. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I shoved my camera into my pocket and tried to retreat, but the bench hit the backs of my knees. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Immediately the man in black hurried his retreat, getting his position away from the boulders, getting out into the open of the plateau. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Then he worked down the flat after the retreating sea. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The surviving lamassus began to retreat, and the remaining demons grew bolder. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And quick as that she was gone again, retreating back below to the cabin she shared with her dog and sow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Well...he says it’s to ‘retreat from the unpleasantness of Earth and the company of people.’” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He looked fore, toward her retreating form, and said, “She is monstrous fine.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She gestures toward a puffy chair in the nearby corner for me to sit on, before retreating back to her place near the window. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And some without order, for none could be found to command them in the City, ran to the bells and tolled the alarm; and some blew the trumpets sounding the retreat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Faramir was retreating to the wall of the Pelennor, rallying his men to the Causeway Forts; but he was ten times outnumbered. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He willed the poison to recede, creating a small path of retreat along the edge of the cliff. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Lunge, attacking after the parry, he retreats, but not far enough; his defense fails. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The Corporal looked beyond Jonathan to the house, then to the line of retreating men, then to the rising sun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z She was pointing at Ron in dire accusation: It was like a malediction, and Harry could not blame Ron for retreating several steps. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Chalmers has been a steady donor to Christian causes, and he bought a plot of land in Oregon, where he plans to build a retreat center. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The blue troops seemed to be pulling back that way, retreating, reforming. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, it was a matter of only some five or six streets until we reached the main square on the waterfront, where stood our colors and the Regimental drummer, who resolutely beat our retreat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z These were appalling scenes, compounded in January 1944 by the retreating German armies looting and destroying the historic galleries, mansions and palaces of the tsars. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “It will expect pain when it hears the noise: It will retreat, and Bogrod must place his palm upon the door of the vault.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He no longer felt responsible for them now they had joined the main body of the retreat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She stood in the open doorway and watched them retreat down the long corridor, the man leading the way, Matt walking jauntily just behind him, and the dog at Matt’s heels. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “They spurred their horses and rode at a run into the retreating mass,” reported Reed. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no need to call retreat—for at the intensity of that first volley, we had stumbled backward—and now we found ourselves split into two parties. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He kept eyeing my mother, who was now retreating slowly downhill, back toward the road, trying to lead the monster away from Grover. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Bantu Authorities was a retreat from democracy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He towered over the smaller man, moving forward into his space, forcing him to retreat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The class, in the middle of a history lecture, broke down into a group of retching, spitting thirteen-year-old boys, with the girls retreating to the open windows for air. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z At length watchers on the walls could see the retreat of the out-companies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The voice that had swept down on retreating battalions crossing the Naktong River in Korea. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The dog doo has bounced all the way across the room and Joanie jumps over it lightly as she beats a hasty retreat. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z In the blue-gray sky he could see their dusky shapes wheeling lower and lower, and he quickened his retreat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The only plus is that the farther we retreat into the earth, the less shrill the sirens become. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Matt scrambled toward the kitchen, but his father nimbly cut off that path of retreat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he told them how he was separated from his unit at the beginning of the retreat, during a Stuka attack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The moment we are about to retreat three faces rise up from the ground in front of us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me!” yelled Laney at the retreating truck. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “The retreat was now a stampede and we were swept along,” a frightened Claire recalled. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z His arm, foil, retreats just before a point. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The government's November 1954 draft syllabus was a retreat from the original notion of modeling the school system on tribal foundations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat up and began to retreat, crawling on hands and knees to the far end of the cave to get away from us, and so we kept singing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z They began to work on the vertical stroke, moving along between the strawberries, the boy advancing, the man retreating, the two of them together in it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Afterwards, Rose, retreating a bit from her reverie, evened out my hair for me so that it hung about an inch below my ears. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It was the slow retraction, the retreat into autonomy which signaled the approaching end of Briony’s childhood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Last night on the retreat we had heard that there had been many Germans in Italian uniforms mixing with the retreat in the north. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Fires now raged unchecked in the first circle of the City, and the garrison upon the outer wall was already in many places cut off from retreat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It was humiliating to have to retreat, but we felt that it would have been more humiliating not to. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She swung a pointed glance at Mr. Turner’s retreating form. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I retreat, keeping distance close enough to escape attack. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Ugwu waited for her to turn so that he could stare at her retreating backside. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She heard a rustling in the bushes, then footsteps retreating. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, when he was thoroughly stiff from his cramped position and almost ready to retreat before the coming of night, the door of the wineshop opened. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was laid down over ten thousand years ago by retreating glaciers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I yelled at her retreating back as she threaded her way through the crowd. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s the equivalent of a tactical retreat, or of the judo fighter using an opponent’s momentum against him. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Is shot to death ten days later in a delaying action guarding the retreat across the Potomac. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The retreat house was a little ways out of the village down a path through flower-dotted hillsides. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They listened to the night sounds they had grown used to—the rumble of artillery, stray shots in the distance, a booming far-off explosion—probably sappers blowing a bridge in the retreat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Bedrock becomes boulders, boulders become stones; the ice retreats, a lake forms, and galaxies of freshwater clams flap their million shells at the sun and close and die and the lake seeps away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z After each block, Brent retreats with quick, small steps. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The noise, the fireworks fade, and the boys retreat to their watch room. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Olanna stared at the soldiers’ retreating backs and tried to calm her queasiness, to shrug off the foreboding that had fogged her mind for days. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Germans were now in full retreat as the American armies marched toward Nazi Germany. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Seeing the cavalry, Confederate officers call an immediate retreat. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z With each step deeper into Goddard’s world, it became harder and harder to retreat. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Helpful though it can be to go on the attack, it is a mistake to regard retreat on any front as a sign of weakness. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “The good soldier will always engage the enemy and retreat only if retreat will lead to victory.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky seemed to retreat far above, and she had the strange sensation that she was shrinking, that soon she might be no larger than an ant crawling over the ground. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The sea retreats to the horizon, underlining the sky in a dark band of blue. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Philip walks off, hands in his pockets, and all three of them watch his retreating back until it starts to disappear behind the tall hedges. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She did not know whether to run to me or retreat, to smile or frown. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z James warily watched the retreating mushroom head bob across the room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, but they had plenty of country. If you tried to retreat to trap Napoleon in Italy you would find yourself in Brindisi.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The prospects of the war are nosediving— Germany retreats across Russia, across the Ukraine, up the ankle of Italy. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I was roused from my reverie by the sound of a drum commanding retreat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He said it was one of the most gallant retreats in all history. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z So I retreat back to the school, by the door. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z At about nightfall, the attackers began to retreat. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Haydn was setting Beethoven counterpoint exercises while on summer retreat at the palace of Eisenstadt. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She was not in pain, not yet, but she was retreating before its threat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I regret that I never saw a bear or wolf or followed the padding retreat of a giant hellbender salamander, never shooed away a bobcat or sidestepped a rattlesnake, never flushed a startled boar. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In August, after the retreat of the monsoon from the high Himalaya, Lopsang had returned to Everest to guide a Japanese client up the South Col and Southeast Ridge route. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The serpent struck at her retreating fingers, snapping shut on empty air where her hand had been a moment before. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z While retreating from Moscow, Napoleon’s army was whittled down to almost nothing by a harsh winter and an equally harsh Russian army. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He saw the hatred look out of her eyes for a second and then retreat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I left them to it, retreating into my own thoughts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Scare Crow backed away from Finn, vanishing into the tangle of bodies like an eel retreats into a bed of river weed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The remaining monsters on their side of the chasm tried to retreat, but the legion cut them down. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Before it could get very far, I crossed my arms again and fired another specium ray, nailing the retreating head like a clay pigeon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z If I stayed home, I was going to end up swallowing those pills, but the certainty I’d felt minutes earlier was retreating. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The man was in his forties with a gaunt but handsome face and a hairline making a determined retreat from his forehead. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I see Isabel retreating with quick steps from the far edge of my garden. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He sent word for his troops to retreat to Asia Minor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The east is gray; it will be primrose soon and then red with firing and once more the weary backward marching will begin, retreating from annihilation, falling back upon defeat, though not quite yet. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z At the road he halted, briefly apprehensive about the backhoe, but he recommenced his hasty retreat with a jump as the old man bleated, “Get going! Beat it! Go home!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I will duly retreat to the position of the good volunteer, the invisible underling. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said nothing of retreat! This is a duel—and a duel begins back-to-back.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In the past it had been one of Marshal Tito’s retreats. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Harvard men beat a hasty retreat, but two of them were knocked down in a doorway and then stomped on, and two others were trapped against a wall and beaten viciously. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He was leaping around Basta faster and faster, ducking, retreating, advancing, but suddenly he found that his fearless dance had trapped him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I looked around at the countless shelves retreating off into the darkness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We were retreating to the house of one of Mr. Gitney’s brothers, one of the Young Men. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m ready to retreat back upstairs until Rufus moves past me and pushes open the door, and the wet late-summer air brings me some relief. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The marchers, blinded and choking, stumbled back onto the bridge and began a hasty retreat as troopers and possemen went after them on foot and on horseback. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “The enemy is here, General. We did not want the fight, but the fight is here. What if I ask this army to retreat?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was intrigued by how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, how one paced oneself over a match. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But Julius just went on snarling softly, edging forward after the retreating tiger, his eyes fastened to him, the growling getting louder. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z They perched on boulders and squealed at her furiously before retreating. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Peacekeepers move in to quiet an unruly crowd, it presses back instead of retreating. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The light goes out and I look up just in time to catch Olly’s black-clad hand and flashlight retreat into the window. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It meant a five-hundred-mile drive each way and his arrival had to coincide with the retreating waters. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Renault was retreating, each swing of Cain’s blade taking him closer and closer to the line of chalk that had been drawn on the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Lucky for us all. Know you the rats are in retreat?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Koffi spared him a second’s glance as she continued retreating slowly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Then he was retreating, the sword held high, jade-green flames swirling around cherry-red steel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the dawn he awakened, looked out through the windshield and saw that the water was already retreating down the bouldery flat. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand up too, ready to retreat to my bedroom because I feel a wave coming, but I’m not fast enough. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He explained what he’d seen; how, as the nearest dementor had lowered its mouth to Harry’s, a large silver something had come galloping across the lake and forced the dementors to retreat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Aurelia was asked a few essential questions, was briefly soothed and handed over to her nurse, who was brusquely summoned from her peaceful retreat. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Once they see the captain there, they retreat. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Armed with a bowl of orange popcorn and diet sodas, we retreat to the basement. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The whole would be, as MacKaye ecstatically described it, “a retreat from profit”—a notion that others saw as “smacking of Bolshevism,” in the words of one biographer. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They retreat into Frederick’s bedroom, which is populated with tin soldiers and model airplanes and wooden crates full of comic books. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z These harmless inanities, far preferable to silence, allowed Robbie to retreat behind a mask of amused attention. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The retreat was part of a general fall. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In the night word came that we were to prepare to retreat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Aware that Compton’s background as a physicist would give his opinion special weight, Loomis invited him to spend a week at his private retreat on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When I meet someone I like and who seems to like me, I retreat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He yanked them out and yelled at the retreating medic, “I’m an American!” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Then I hear the pounding of bare feet in retreat. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z We breathed a little easier but wondered: Where would the Taliban go in retreat? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Mr. Gitney has requested ... I should ...” I said to them, and bowed, too weak to complete the excuse; and so 1 continued my retreat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Silver and Buckthorn, with Bigwig helping them, had covered the retreat until, once all were together outside, they had taken to flight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that his regiment had made a magnificent retreat, and the British were, lucky they’d got out of it alive, but it sounded the other way around to me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I heard the coach say “Fence,” I made two advances with my blade extended, immediately followed by two quick retreats. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Ranofer swallowed, pressing back against the wall in a vain effort to retreat. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z One of the agents shouts, “Hold the position! The hybrids are retreating!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z We were retreating not simply from Great-Bridge, but from Norfolk itself. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They must make a mile-long retreat over open ground that offers almost no cover. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He sat on an island in the stream of retreating men. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s soft and newborn pale after the summer retreat from the sun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He let go of the sword and tried to retreat, walking backward, but he tripped on the dog and fell. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun is slowly retreating across the buildings, but it’s not dark yet. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She followed its retreating path with the point of an alder stick; its two feet of length disappeared. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The Taliban were retreating into the mountains of Swat. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z By late that afternoon, Joe and his father had moved all the lumber into position, and with the rain falling harder than ever, Harry started to retreat into the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She parts her lips and our tongues tangle and retreat and tangle again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z In India, she thinks to herself, women go home to their parents to give birth, away from husbands and in-laws and household cares, retreating briefly to childhood when the baby arrives. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z By this he meant, she knew, that she too should retreat to what study she could find. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z After earlier negotiations had broken down, Confederate President Jefferson Davis had ordered Johnston to retreat while the politicians held out for more favorable terms of surrender. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Three days after retreating from my first try, I went up on the north face again. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Facing the hooves of a rearing stallion is scary enough, but when it’s a centaur, armed with a bow and whooping it up in a soda-drinking hat, even the bravest warrior would retreat. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I kept out of his way, retreating to a chair in the living room to read Dad’s latest Newsweek. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z At one moment, the British were in retreat; an hour later, the word was that they were triumphant, that they were upon us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Where she was once ready and willing to fight any battle, she prefers now to retreat, reinforce her defenses, double the locks on the doors. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She imagined its retreating figure as it disappeared into the night, and tried to recall other details. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As soon as he heard their retreating footsteps, he flew around the remaining desks until, oh, joy, he found one with a composition book that had Janice Avery’s name on it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Louis took a count of two and then rose to his feet, covering his face and retreating until the bell sounded. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Not counting Holy Week, Sundays, holy days of obligation, first Fridays, retreats, sacrifices, and cyclical impediments, her effective year was reduced to forty-two days that were spread out through a web of purple crosses. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She wailed in agony and dropped her club, retreating with multicolored blisters all over her arms and face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Maybe the ranch was nothing but a retreat for white secret agents and black informants. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing, ma’am,” I said, sounding the retreat and recalling my battalions as fast as I could. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Branch led now, happy to be retreating and enthusiastic about the possibility of more food back where breakfast had been. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. But I know that they know you were here before as an of-ficer and now you are here out of uniform. After this retreat they arrest everybody.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It seems hard to believe he didn’t have a retreat somewhere, some bunker stocked with provisions where he could live out the rest of his snaky little life. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay. I’m retreating. I’m making no sudden movements. Don’t hurt me. Glad you made it home safe, Lyd.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z When they spoke again it was to discuss whether they ought to sleep on the bank or retreat back up the wooded slope. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "They shall not cross, Cat," Edmure scrawled, "Lord Tywin is marching to the southeast. A feint perhaps, or full retreat, it matters not. They shall not cross." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I turned and left the warmth of the circle, jogging down the corridor and retreating into the dark corner of our camp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “You will need to speak to Lord Ashton about that. I am much too ill to make any decisions,” Lady Constance replied, retreating back inside her private parlor. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z They retreat to the river before the police can catch them, with only enough to buy more crackers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Here the leaders of the great religions have sought the therapeutic and spiritual values of retreat, not to es-cape but to find reality. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Last summer at the Massachusetts retreat, I brought my cello so I could keep up my practicing for an upcoming chamber-music concert. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I had wanted my girl to go along on the retreat, but it was no use. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Traitor,” Dimple called softly at his retreating back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He still had a kick in him, however, and he saw that after having gone so far it was too late to retreat. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Have you ever felt your tongue retreat back into your mouth? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z His straining faculties manufactured or else picked up a haunted, tongueless fear, by someone retreating from him, someone blown back to the farthest wall of the apartment in an attempt to evade him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Otherwise, retreat to your territory and leave your animal in peace. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We make for the rear, pull wire cradles into the trench and leave bombs behind us with the strings pulled, which ensures us a fiery retreat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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