Sentence examples for he retreated over from inspiring English sources

One tradition holds that he retreated over the Oxus and went on to campaign with success in Ghur in the next year, but according to another he suffered a heavy defeat by the Turgesh.

When the erosive forces are predominant, the margin remains static or actually retreats over time.

HE is becoming adept at start-overs: he retreated to a trailer on the Potomac waterfront after his divorce in 1991 and remains somewhat estranged from his four children from that marriage.

His retreating, over-the-shoulder, backhand no-look put-away is Federer-like.

Over here!" Then he retreated, walking backward step by step, to the top of the beach.

After the French retreated over the Rhine at Hüningen, near Basel, he directed the construction of its new fortifications.

He is thin, slightly stooped, and his once luxuriant (and now rather unexpectedly brown) hair has retreated over time so that his famous forehead appears higher than ever.

"Numerous glaciers have retreated over the last decade.

DURING THE REVOLUTION, Marble Hill was valued for its excellent views over tactically important bridges connecting Manhattan and the Bronx, bridges that George Washington's troops retreated over after the Battle of Harlem Heights.

On Beaufort Island, north of Ross Island, glaciers have retreated over the rocky coastline farther than they have in 30,000 years, scientists estimate, a time before the last ice age.

The government has retreated over reforms to public sector pensions, saying it will not have proposals ready until the summer rather than pressing ahead with planned higher contributions in the March budget.