Sentence examples for retreated about from inspiring English sources

"I saw that the Army retreated about ten metres and began to fire tear-gas cannisters, about ten or fifteen of them," he said.

As I listened to the young man's story, there were two clouds from explosions in the distance, coming from more or less where the Qaddafi lines were thought to have retreated, about fifteen to twenty miles out.

The salt marshes have already retreated about 2,000 feet, he said, as the river does its work.

Land in the Northeast bounced up slightly after glaciers retreated about 12,000 years ago; now it is sinking again.

As the euro rose and the United States dollar retreated about 0.5 percent on its index, energy and materials stocks on the broader market surged nearly 4 percent.

We quickly dropped our packs and retreated about a hundred yards, turning around in time to watch several tons of rock explode down the cliff, coating the ice just ahead.

When the ice sheet stopped expanding and began retreating about 27,000 years ago, that forebulge gradually began to sink back down.

The fort's defenders, seeing this, fired their cannon at the breastwork, prompting the Americans to retreat about 1 mi upriver, where they set up a second breastwork and camped for the night.

Prices have stayed at a level that the Irish consider astronomical -- averaging about 250,000 euros ($287,000) -- but price appreciation has retreated to about 8 to 10percentt a year.

Palm's price has retreated to about $34, but 3Com's price is also down.

Oil prices retreated by about $2 a barrel on Thursday and slumped a bit more on Friday.