Sentence examples for constantly retreating from inspiring English sources
A furious battle of wills ensues, with the Kennedys, O'Donnell and empathetic officials like Secretary of State Dean Rusk (Mr. Strozier) constantly retreating to private meeting rooms where they try to outmaneuver not only Nikita S. Khrushchev, premier of the Soviet Union, but Gen. Curtis LeMay (Mr. Conway) and the rest of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Rudy Giuliani tried never to engage in an actual election, constantly retreating much like Lenin did to seize power in Russia during World War I; the self-styled hero of 9/11 (whose arrogance actually cost 100s of lives) was in perpetual retreat.
Like Walter Mitty in reverse, Kennedy constantly retreats from an absurd corporate environment — equal parts tyranny, vanity and fecklessness — into neurotic internal-reality checks even funnier than the folly all around him.
"Retreat!" constantly flashed in my mind whenever I heard my partner raise her voice.
I thought that if I were to live constantly in retreat from the endless list of everyday tribulations existing in our world -- well, I'd be sitting in meditative bliss.
Whenever the Germans moved to the west or east, they discovered short-term victories, but in the long term they were ground into the dust, constantly in retreat until their collapse.
And yet the way their fans react to each crushing disappointment – perhaps because of their trophy-laden recent past, perhaps because of the promises made about a near-future that seems constantly in retreat – suggests it's horrifically painful whenever it happens, like seeing your dad get beaten up.
"The government has managed to bluff their way out of this, retreating into closed hearings, and constantly playing the 'national security' card.
Despite the Wehrmachts efforts, the multi-layered defense reduced Soviet casualties as the Soviet 16th Army slowly retreated and constantly harassed the German divisions trying to make their way through the fortifications.
Then it began retreating.
