Sentence examples for was retrieving from inspiring English sources

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was retrieving

verb

To regain or get back something.

  • To retrieve one's character or independence

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This week when I was retrieving some manuscripts, I got distracted and made a discovery.

He was retrieving the ancient idea of the artist as a shaman.

She had started playing well, but a scampering Capriati was retrieving every crafted shot.

Nearby, Jets punter Matt Turk was practicing and the ball boy, Matt Prior, was retrieving balls for him.

All Ms. Slater could think about was retrieving the photographs that had belonged to her recently deceased grandmother.

But the harder part of the assignment was retrieving his own reactions to the constant turmoil of his formative years.

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Etienne was retrieved.

The ball was retrieved.

A handgun was retrieved on the scene.

Her body was retrieved two days later.

The ASD-ID was retrieved from69.

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