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
retreat at the end of sentence
- The enemy was now in retreat.
- The army beat a hasty retreat.
- They cut off the enemy's retreat.
- He issued the command to retreat.
- Enemy soldiers are now in retreat.
- I decided to beat a hasty retreat.
- The enemy was / were forced to retreat.
- Our soldiers force the enemy to retreat.
- They were attacked and forced to retreat.
- They knew when to attack and when to retreat.
- Eventually the police forced the crowd into retreat.
- In military parlance this is known as a fast retreat.
- After several reverses the enemy was forced to retreat.
- Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to retreat .
- The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat.
retreat in the middle of sentence
- We covered his retreat with bursts of gunfire.
- The enemy was forced to retreat from the city.
- We went on retreat at/to a monastery in Wales.
- Spicer beat a hasty retreat when he spotted me.
- They were forced to retreat back over the frontier.
- I made a tactful retreat before they started arguing.
- You cannot retreat from your responsibility in this affair.
- The army was forced to retreat after suffering heavy losses.
- The defeated army had to retreat hastily from the field of battle.
- They say they will stay to rebuild their homes rather than retreat to refugee camps.
- Housework is negatively valued as a retreat from a disliked alternative — employment work.
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- , refuge