Sentence examples for retreating back to from inspiring English sources

I considered retreating back to bed, ignoring him.

"Let me get you another one," he said, retreating back to the island.

"Once, not long ago, a group of musicians came to Israel, from Egypt," Dina says after the band departs, retreating back to her café and her poker face.

The spray – an irritant designed to make it almost impossible to breathe in forcing large groups to disperse – led to some fans retreating back to the stadium concourse for shelter.

He has spent weekends at the Executive Mansion and has showed little interest in retreating back to New York City or elsewhere in the state, as was the habit of his recent predecessors.

At midnight on the dot, she emerged for a matter of seconds to cut a big red ribbon with huge scissors before retreating back to the store to shop, as promised, with the golden-ticket holders.

(When he retreats back to Brooklyn, it is to see how far he's gone).

The teenage protector raised his stick and I retreated back to the car.

If anything they're a sign that the issue has retreated back to the fringes.

This is why they will retreat back to the familiar darkness of the cave.

Cox could easily have retreated back to Manchester, to his research and his marathon relativity lectures.