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Example sentences for: retreats

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

Stuck in a sexless and childless marriage (he retreats to the basement to watch porn tapes) and presented with a certainty--Tracy's election--he makes the fatal decision to fight the power.
Y2M retreats lamely with a soft "M."
Six beaches make this charming city one of China’s favorite summer retreats.
… [H]e retreats behind religious platitudes, empty sloganeering and half-truths."
Very few artists have played with the power of isoluminance to achieve this role in form processing: Lichtenstein seems to have been on to this property a decade earlier than Gregory, although he soon retreats back to the boldness of his cartoon pop-art style to explore a potpourri of the icons of classic sources.