Examples of 'had retreated' in a sentence

Meaning of "had retreated"

had retreated: This phrase indicates that someone had withdrawn or moved back, often from a challenging or difficult situation

How to use "had retreated" in a sentence

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had retreated
We had retreated from the outside world.
Liang must think that we had retreated.
I had retreated into complete isolation.
The enemy thought we had retreated.
A man had retreated there also.
But the water had retreated.
They had retreated after talks.
Trouble and calm where my soul had retreated.
She had retreated still farther from him.
All others had retreated.
He had retreated a while ago to hide from the explosion.
The shadow had retreated.
She had retreated into a fantasy world of religious fixation.
When the night came and they had retreated.
He had retreated to a little cafe and was no doubt contemplating what might have been.
Fletcher had retreated.
He climbed out only to discover that his men had retreated.
The soldiers had retreated into shallow entrenchments around their camp.
The seed that spawns the male had retreated in sorrow.
The defenders had retreated from the city to the valleyrs around.
High tide would have deposited him in it and now the waters had retreated.
It was initially reported government forces had retreated to regroup for a new assault.
Everyone had retreated into their homes to take shelter from the rain.
The early demonstrations of autocratic force had retreated into compromise and deference.
They had retreated and were living in the abandoned buildings in Manhattan.
However there is evidence that the glacier had retreated before it advanced during the neoglaciation.
It was snowing The enemy thought we had retreated.
The hostile natives had retreated to their stronghold after their earlier attack.
The Germans had dropped their equipment and had retreated.
Like a defeated stag that had retreated deep into the forest to tend its wounds.
We suddenly discovered one night that the Germans had retreated.
The Germans had retreated to their original positions.
Drummond was later to claim from this that the Americans had retreated in disorder.
The main Jacobite army had retreated to Limerick after their defeat at the Boyne.
The Sword force was so violent that the eagle spirit had retreated in a flash.
Allied forces had retreated to the last defensible point before Alexandria and the Suez Canal.
Islamic State militants had retreated to the town.
General Hua weathered the hardships and whilst the enemy thought we had retreated.
So once more rebel force had retreated to Wayanad.
She spent the first year of the occupation in Rennes where the radio had retreated.
Following the battle the Army of Observation had retreated northwards until it had reached Stade.
Many abandoned French soldiers who were slaughtered by the Turks after Napoleon had retreated.
The YPG claimed that ISIL forces had retreated into the urban areas of the town.
Follicles had retreated up my forehead to such a degree that I looked like Mickey Mouse.
People were afraid of the Ebola virus and had retreated to their homes.
The German army had retreated around the Scheldt Estuary.
Things were warming up, and the glaciers had retreated.
Had retreated into his various military headquarters, mostly.
I am coming out of a time where I had retreated into myself.
He had retreated somewhere deep inside and was not comin ' out.

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