Sentence examples for then retract from inspiring English sources

"I've never had a spokesperson confirm and then retract a story so quickly".

"How do you announce plans and then retract them?" he said.

This fibre, which can stretch more than five hundred per cent and then retract to its original size, has transformed the wardrobes of swimmers, superheroes, and Bon Jovi.

Is Cameron trying to get people to subconsciously imagine him in a third term?! Is it better to say 'no' and then retract it in 2020 and stay; is this a win-win for Cameron?? Or was it just an honest, simple answer??" – Taunton Deane "Cocky sod, he's not got a second yet".

However, if I had discovered the body of my murdered flatmate, then been badgered for hours by hostile police insisting they could prove I had been there, and wanting to know who was this Lumumba whom I'd texted "See you later" – well, I'm not certain I would have resisted the temptation to confirm what they wished to hear, then retract it hours later.

Unfortunately, the Clear Chats option could also be used to send then retract abusive messages, destroying the paper trail.

That was then retracted amid coalition cacophony.

Kashi says he was among them; then retracts.

He promised a referendum on the Lisbon treaty, and then retracted the promise.

The police first alleged that Smith had a gun, then retracted the claim.

High preliminary figures were leaked to the press, printed and then retracted.