retreated

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Retreated before the wrath of Robert A. Taft.

From Time Magazine Archive

Man himself, aghast, Retreated east and west and north and south Before the menace of that twisted mouth, Till Jove, in answer to their prayers, sent Night To veil the dreadful visage from their sight!

From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose

"Retreated, they calls it," he observed, with fine scorn.

From The Hermit of Far End by Pedler, Margaret

Retreated instantly to the pigeon-house and shut the door.

From Further Foolishness by Leacock, Stephen

Retreated back to the water left by the party in the range fourteen miles South-West.

From Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, by Forrest, John