Retreating

Examples

• Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But having committed herself to this line of action there was no retreating for bad weather. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• As their retreating footsteps died away in the distance, I called out softly the Martian word of greeting, kaor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I say, all on ye, he said retreating a pace or two back, look at me,--look at me,--look me right in the eye,--_straight_, now! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The bridge was carried quickly, the enemy retreating over it so hastily that many were shoved into the river, and some of them were drowned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I will not trust to THAT, retreating to her own room. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The retreating hordes being between friends and pursuers caused the enemy to fire high to avoid killing their own men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I did not look up nor speak, till the closing door and his retreating step told me that he was gone. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Let me go into some other room,' said the boy, retreating still farther. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• How could he go silently away from Middlemarch as if he were retreating before a just condemnation? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The eyes in front were not retreating so rapidly now; I was almost within sword reach of them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Those nearest the gate stole out ashamed; there was a movement through all the crowd--a retreating movement. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Another lamp, she cried to the retreating servant, while Janey bent over to straighten her mother's cap. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The fire had been started by some one connected with the retreating army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Only one hope, cried Martin, furiously shaking his fist at the retreating boat; climb up the mast! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The sailor's hand crept slyly to the butt of one of his revolvers; his wicked eyes glared vengefully at the retreating form of the young Englishman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The fact that it was retreating from the scene of battle lent colour to this hypothesis. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• All through the night the Arabs smote in the name of Allah, and pressed upon the shattered and retreating Persians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The retreating column of Hill meeting reinforcements that had not yet been engaged, became encouraged and returned with them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The guns of Fort Gregg were turned upon the retreating enemy, and the commanding officer with some sixty of the men of Fort Whitworth surrendered. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Loring's division, which was the right of Pemberton's line, was cut off from the retreating army and never got back into Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This force encountered the head of Van Dorn's retreating column just as it was crossing the Hatchie by a bridge some ten miles out from Corinth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The atmosphere presses with a force of 15 pounds upon every square inch of water in the large vessel, and forces some of it into the space left vacant by the retreating piston. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I said to General Buell my information was that the enemy was retreating as fast as possible. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The Marquis looked that way, and listened for the retreating step of his valet. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I go, retorted the Greek fiercely, retreating before Crispin, and clutching the curtains. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• When Sheridan got to the front he found Getty and Custer still holding their ground firmly between the Confederates and our retreating troops. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Should you get him to retreating give him no peace. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Clym's retreating figure got smaller and smaller as it rose and fell over the hillocks on his way. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Hancock followed Hill's retreating forces, in the morning, a mile or more. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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