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Example sentences for: retreated

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He retreated as philosophically as he could, although he described his reaction to the setback in rather less elegant language.
With the exception of Orion Pictures, Hollywood studios retreated from the accessible, carefully crafted dramas that had built the film industry.
The white parishioners fled, and blacks retreated to the borderline separatist rhetoric of empowerment and self-reliance.
d) Has not retreated from vicious attacks on Starr, despite evidence of Clinton's lies.
The Turks in turn retreated to the island when they came under threat from Cretan rebels at the end of the 19th century.