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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:

When the Japanese retreated in 1945, the colonies declared independence.
The white parishioners fled, and blacks retreated to the borderline separatist rhetoric of empowerment and self-reliance.
Vietnam represented a much larger commitment of U.S. force than we see now in Yugoslavia and yet the United States retreated from Indochina.
Thompson's writing retreated from the outside world.
In other front-page news--rather, news of the front page--the Monica story retreated inside for the first time in weeks.