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Example sentences for: retreated

How can you use “retreated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

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.
Mr Clinton has retreated into the semantic ambiguities for which his presidency has become infamous."
Stretching his paint strokes into long, narrow ribbons, he retreated toward a kind of linear drawing in three colors.
With the exception of Orion Pictures, Hollywood studios retreated from the accessible, carefully crafted dramas that had built the film industry.
Abandoning the New Territories and Kowloon, the defenders retreated to Hong Kong island, hoping for relief which never came.