Use of retreat in Sentences. 27 Examples

The examples include retreat at the start of sentence, retreat at the end of sentence and retreat in the middle of sentence

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retreat at the start of sentence


  1. Retreat into acute fast.

retreat at the end of sentence


  1. The enemy was now in retreat.
  2. The army beat a hasty retreat.
  3. They cut off the enemy's retreat.
  4. He issued the command to retreat.
  5. Enemy soldiers are now in retreat.
  6. I decided to beat a hasty retreat.
  7. The enemy was / were forced to retreat.
  8. Our soldiers force the enemy to retreat.
  9. They were attacked and forced to retreat.
  10. They knew when to attack and when to retreat.
  11. Eventually the police forced the crowd into retreat.
  12. In military parlance this is known as a fast retreat.
  13. After several reverses the enemy was forced to retreat.
  14. Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to retreat .
  15. The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat.

retreat in the middle of sentence


  1. We covered his retreat with bursts of gunfire.
  2. The enemy was forced to retreat from the city.
  3. We went on retreat at/to a monastery in Wales.
  4. Spicer beat a hasty retreat when he spotted me.
  5. They were forced to retreat back over the frontier.
  6. I made a tactful retreat before they started arguing.
  7. You cannot retreat from your responsibility in this affair.
  8. The army was forced to retreat after suffering heavy losses.
  9. The defeated army had to retreat hastily from the field of battle.
  10. They say they will stay to rebuild their homes rather than retreat to refugee camps.
  11. Housework is negatively valued as a retreat from a disliked alternative — employment work.

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