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Example sentences for: retreated

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When Jackson retreated to his chambers on Thursday, Dec. 18, he sat at his computer--what he described as a machine running Windows 95--and in all likelihood, this is what he did.
cried the girl, fiercely; but there were pink spots in her cheeks as she retreated into the cabin and began to slam the pots and pans on the stone hearth.
The Republican "revolutionaries" who took over Congress in 1994 pledged to abolish three departments (Energy, Education, Commerce), but quickly retreated.
He retreated as philosophically as he could, although he described his reaction to the setback in rather less elegant language.
The defenders retreated inside the walls of Palma, but on the last day of 1229 the city fell, and pockets of resistance throughout the island were also defeated.