Sentence examples for it retracted from inspiring English sources

Charles Dickens owned a toothpick inlaid with ivory and engraved with his initials; it retracted into its own handle like a tiny spyglass.

But in 1999 CNN did not renew its contract with Mr. Arnett after it retracted a report he delivered raising accusations that United States forces used nerve gas against defectors in Laos during the Vietnam War.

It retracted again, with a mechanical reeeh-raaah! noise.

Then less than an hour later it retracted the statement.

I still don't understand why the network didn't deny White House involvement until it retracted the charge.

The United States is the only other country to offer congratulations, although it retracted the statement within 24 hours.

The arboreal salamander can squeak using a different mechanism; it retracts its eyes into its head, forcing air out of its mouth.

He found that when a tardigrade dries out it retracts its head and its eight legs.

An additional behavior that takes place when a marmot becomes nervous or bothered by a predator is that it retracts its top lip to show its upper incisors.

In contrast, when this slug is threatened, it retracts its head, lets go of the substrate, rolls up completely, and stays contracted in a ball-like shape.

In most cases, gently tugging on the seat belt should be enough to make it retract on its own.