Sentence examples for retired increasingly from inspiring English sources

For a short time (1782 83) he was commander in chief in Ireland, but he retired increasingly to private life, in which he was a leader of London society and fashion.

The problem fuels itself, she said: As the waiting list gets longer and longer, people who have changed jobs or even retired become increasingly reluctant to relinquish their permits, in case they need them again.

Whether a court will compel the CIA to retire the increasingly untenable fiction that the targeted killing program is a secret remains to be seen.

From that point until 1986, when he retired, Tip became increasingly stronger.

Mom keeps observing and saying, 'You've got your ring on backward, Bob.' " As Hope has increasingly retired from public life, Dolores has come forward into it.

He retired from the increasingly corporatized, artist-unfriendly record business about 3 years ago.

Ms. Daum predicts boards will turn increasingly to retired executives and to much younger ones.

After Brundage retired, Killanin faced the increasingly difficult job of keeping the Olympic Games as free from politics and international strain as possible.

Retired players have grown increasingly frustrated in recent weeks that their benefits have not been addressed as negotiators have pressed to complete a deal to end the lockout.

Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu, an increasingly fierce critic of the African National Congress (ANC), has heaped praise on a woman who hopes to unseat it from government in South Africa.

He buried himself in his studies of Celtic and Scandinavian antiquities and became increasingly retiring and hypochondriacal.