Sentence examples for can't retrieve from inspiring English sources

Plants can't retrieve the nitrogen stored in soils.

No, don't leave me a message because I can't retrieve it.

We can't retrieve the specifics, but to adapt a phrase of William James's, there is a wraith of memory.

If it can't retrieve the report because of the freeze, then no new account for the thief.

He finds that he has three unplayed messages but can't retrieve them because the system is down.

True, Mrs. Bauer can't retrieve the name John Steinbeck when Diana Roscoe, acting as M. C., asks who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath".

21 mins: Enoh knocks the ball beyond full-back Soussi and gives chase... but he can't retrieve it before it trickles out of play.

There are longueurs – even Shawn Colvin can't retrieve the Stones' turgid Wild Horses – but it's an enjoyable showcase of vocal talent.

To ensure the easiest process possible, move a few of your favorite songs to your phone's SD card, since the app can't retrieve song files from a cloud-based service like Google Music.

They usually can't retrieve the name of the daughter who wrote it (Katy Butler), and they're hazy about the details of her father's condition (a stroke nearly seven years earlier, followed by deepening dementia).

According to the scientific account, losing things represents a failure of recollection or a failure of attention: either we can't retrieve a memory (of where we set down our wallet, say) or we didn't encode one in the first place.