retreat

Example Sentences

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Richard has enjoyed a brilliant Broadway career, attacked a critic who didn’t like his Lear, and has to retreat to his small hometown of Millersburg, Pa., to try to repair his life.

From The Wall Street Journal

Elisha called this private upper floor “a sort of sanctuary; a retreat to which we are driven by mischief-making eyes and tongues. There, like wounded deer we escape the hunters.”

From Literature

A glacier on Antarctica's Eastern Peninsula underwent the most rapid retreat seen in modern times.

From Science Daily

The crowd does not retreat, even as organisers urge people on Discord to pull back.

From BBC

Oseguera was discovered hiding out in a wooded retreat in western Jalisco state after authorities tracked a female companion who was visiting, the Mexican military said.

From Los Angeles Times