Sentence examples for withdraw a little from inspiring English sources

Even through the fabric of his sleeve, she felt him withdraw a little.

But then in searching for something, you go into retreat, and withdraw a little bit.

To avoid doing or saying something you might regret, withdraw a little if you can.

The Ministry of Interior has symbolic importance in the political crisis that engulfed the country as the last American troops were withdrawing a little more than a week ago.

"He withdrew a little bit.

A relative said Ms. Russell began attending family gatherings less frequently, and withdrew a little from her old social life.

He gave warning of a humanitarian catastrophe.Rebels declared a ceasefire and withdrew a little farther from Freetown in Sierra Leone, taking 11 missionaries hostage.

Frannie's brother, Ray Edward Nortonn), once a hotshot detective, has withdrawn a little from career and family, making his home on a leaky boat and tending to a scar on his face.

Now and then he would turn up at the office, startling me once again with his height and his tweeds, that major nose, and his bright eyes and up-bent smile; he spoke in a light half whisper and, near the end of each visit, somehow withdrew a little, growing more private and less visible even before he turned away.

Even when the offending supplement manufacturer is forced to withdraw a product, little can be done to prevent the fresh marketing of the product under a new brand name.

For one thing, I made a very deliberate choice to withdraw for a little while from a public life.