Sentence examples similar to retreating into introspection from inspiring English sources

Some reacted, as some of Anna Switzer's schoolchildren did, by retreating into gloomy introspection; in others the spirit of "eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die" ruled.

Just as Motown was giving the Jackson 5 a Family Stone makeover with the exhilarating 'I Want You Back', Sly himself was retreating into a cocoon of cocaine and brooding introspection.

America's undocumented retreating into the shadows.

"Nothing," Mark replies, retreating into his shell.

Looking outwards instead of retreating into grief.

Retreating into personal repression seems too 1950s.

Sumption responded by retreating into work.

You're retreating into images again.

Judge Goldstone, 71, is certainly no grandpa retreating into retirement.

Some retreated into isolationism.

Blair retreated into war-mongering.