Sentence examples for float retreated from inspiring English sources

The terminus of the Pine Island Glacier is a floating ice shelf, and the point at which it starts to float retreated 1.2 km per year from 1992 to 1996.

Hannay (1971) (although he soon retreats) floats the same notion with regard not only to Ryle, but also to Shorter and Sartre.

Manchester City were now operating with a kind of floating No9, with Sterling having swapped with Silva, who retreated to leave them flat at the front.

Governor Paterson floated the idea of an 18percentt soda tax late last year, but he retreated after a barrage of criticism — much of it ginned up by the soft drink business.

West retreated.

Sandusky retreated.

Amid the mayhem, at least one child had retreated to the relative peace of the marsh, where she stood among the plantings, reading a book and holding out the bottom of her shirt, permitting the cooling mist to float inside.

Thailand and Malaysia retreated.

Crime retreated.

Brown retreated, running east.

The state retreated.