15 example sentences using retreat.
Retreat used in a sentence
Retreat in a sentence as a noun
I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.
Then we'd resolve conflicts and submit build or retreat orders.
That's a fantastic project and a very cool retreat.
We retreat a little to bide time but it's easy to permanently lose ground.
There are women that would experience the same thing, but would not retreat into themselves in this extreme way.
A man in that situation has two choices: to kick up his game a notice, or just to retreat into porn and World of Warcraft.
I've never heard of a general retreat because they were shooting too many bullets over their heads.
Then why now, with all the world at stake, do so many people retreat into these entirely personal solutions?
Retreat in a sentence as a verb
So when his men wanted to retreat to get reinforcements Alexander the Great realized they wouldn't make it by sea.
But I was fairly certain that what I was hearing was a tactical retreat, not a strategic surrender.
Now that the word is getting out about this a retreat and rethink is in order to figure out how to broach legislation that moves toward this goal.
As Reuters noted a couple of years ago, entrepreneurship has been suffering a decades-long retreat.
From the nytimes article [1] it sounds like the investors let him have it "Three days after the announcement, Mr. Hastings wrote in a Facebook status update, “In Wyoming with 10 investors at a ranch/retreat.
They make a great cabin retreat, but they are not quite as nice a normal american home without the added expense and convenience of plumbing, electrical, etc...However, in there base form, they cost around $5000.
Exit means you leave and go somewhere else, and was common in early political eras when most civilizations were small and surrounded by plenty of nomadic/lawless regions to retreat to.
Retreat definitions
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"
a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
(military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
an area where you can be alone
See also: hideaway
withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity"
See also: retirement
the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
See also: retrograde