Sentence examples for retreated without from inspiring English sources

Absolutely incomprehensible that [the guerrillas] would have retreated without it.

The Egyptians eventually retreated without capturing their strategic objectives.

Though there were many Iraqi soldiers in and around Tikrit, their commanders retreated without a fight.

The army of Louis and the Oriflamme were so formidable that Henry V retreated without battle.

The Kurdish soldiers retreated without warning, after determining that their position was untenable.

"When Barwari retreated with that group, there was chaos, everyone else retreated without an order, " the security official said.

The army is winning, but the Taliban is not retreating without a fight.

But nor can it retreat without triggering a bitter squabble over Chávez's legacy.

Therefore, the designer points out, there should always be the possibility of retreating without losing face.

It thus patently lacks what military experts call 'strategic depth' — the ability to retreat without automatically suffering defeat.

And he could not allow his bishop to retreat without allowing Carlsen to advance his b pawn.