Receded

Examples

• I thought he receded; I thought he would go. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Then a shuttle, also carrying a stout thread, was thrown over the cord, the needle receded and was then forced through the broom again _under_ the binding cord. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• She felt she was powerless, and receded; and again she trembled. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This could not be undertaken until the waters receded. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• As the waters of the planet dried and the seas receded, all other resources dwindled until life upon the planet became a constant battle for survival. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• For thousands of years it advanced, and then for thousands of years it receded, to advance again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As the fighting receded from our position for a moment, Thuvia turned toward me with a question. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The glaciers spread southward to the maximum of the Fourth Glacial Age (about 50,000 years ago), and then receded again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was Neville St. Clair's coat, and not Neville St. Clair, which lay uncovered as the tide receded. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Let us only note that they all agree that life began where the tides of those swift days spread and receded over the steaming beaches of mud and sand. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Slowly the mighty door receded before us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I receded to solitude; I had recourse to my books, and my desire again to enjoy the society of Adrian became a burning thirst. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It receded: I made for the door. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Now the door opened outwards; and as the door opened wider and wider, Mr. Pickwick receded behind it, more and more. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We had receded from the crowd; and ascending the steps of the terrace, sought the Castle. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The individualistic theory receded into the background. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• They had, as a tide, receded, leaving me blank and bare in the midst. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She receded an inch or two. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There was no invalid to hope and fear about; even the Higginses--so long a vivid interest--seemed to have receded from any need of immediate thought. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Over these northern areas there spread and receded and spread again a great ice cap such as covers central Greenland to-day (see Map, on page 77). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Suitable marks, or graduations, on the sides of the vessel served to indicate the lapse of time as the water gradually receded. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The ice of the last glacial age receded gradually, and gave way to a long period of steppe or prairie-like conditions over the great plain of Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The boundary line between Mongol and Aryan, which had lain somewhere east of the Pamirs in the days of Pericles, had receded now to Hungary. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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