Sentence examples for retreated down from inspiring English sources

Twice widowed, Burroughs retreated down the coast to Wells, eighty miles north of Boston.

When they retreated down the bluff, they faced yet another miscalculation: a severe shortage of boats to transport them men across the river back to Maryland.

She yelled at him, she said: "You better check yourself before you get hurt!" Mr. Auriemma's face, she said, flushed red, and he retreated down the hall.

In a state of mounting confusion and embarrassment, I stayed until I could stand it no longer, and then I retreated down the staircase.

He has retreated down Ferguson's West Florissant Avenue while officers dressed as soldiers fired teargas and advanced on protesters in tanks.

As we retreated down the stairway there were people with iron bars and at least one with a machete effectively trying to chop the shields to bits.

He attempted to retreat down to the Jordan at the Jisr ed Damieh bridge via Beit Dejan, 7 mile east south east of Nablus, but found this way blocked by Chaytor's Force.

The cats cock their heads, puzzled, then retreat down the stairs.

On that journey, 11 climbers died, 9 of them after an ice pillar broke the fixed ropes they needed to retreat down an icy chute called the Bottleneck.

He recites the adhan, rising through the register in fractions of notes, hitting the highest with avian clarity, then retreating down the scale in resolution.

While some were swept down the main street others were shot by a bombardment despite retreating down the side street as requested by police.