Withdraws
[wið'drɔ:z]
Examples
- When the bottle is nearly full, the operator quickly withdraws it with one hand, and having a cork ready in the other, he puts it in before the water can rush out. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I am shunned when I visit her; she withdraws from my reach. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Seeing her so absorbed, Rosa softly withdraws; but still my Lady's eyes are on the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Guppy immediately withdraws his eyes from her face and looks anywhere else. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She bows her eyes rather than her head, the movement is so slight and curious, and he withdraws. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is locked and will remain so until something withdraws it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But, dear Mr. Pickwick, what is to become of Nathaniel if his father withdraws his assistance? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He steals softly over the grass, careful to make no sound; he pauses--fancying she has stirred: he withdraws: not for worlds would he be seen. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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