Sentence examples for withdrawing behind from inspiring English sources

If diplomats are withdrawing behind blast walls and armed escorts, and if that is costing us some useful understanding of the world, is the same thing happening to those who cover the news, and with what consequences?

I'll find my chief joy finding the right person and withdrawing behind the camera".

"We're the only ones left," said the middle-aged man on the loading dock, before refusing further word and withdrawing behind sacks of oregano, fennel and caraway.

The precedents for television performers withdrawing behind the camera are not good: Chris Evans has had little success as a producer and Andi Peters's career as an executive has never matched his time as the frontman for Ed the Duck.

They withdrew behind the hill.

But Mr Frank for the time being has withdrawn behind a phalanx of advisers.

Logistical problems and the buildup of the allied troop strength, which soon outnumbered Paraguay's by 10 to 1, then forced the Paraguayans to withdraw behind their frontiers.

At 1-1 mosidesdes might have stuck, taken a draw, withdrawn behind their own halfway line and hoped to ride out the inevitable storm.

Recognizing the militia troops' limited tolerance for battle, Morgan directed them to fire two volleys and then withdraw behind the Continental lines.

Mr. Alban's quiet Cleo, withdrawn behind eyes that squint at the world with wary distrust, is likewise a mostly passive figure.

Ever since the second century A.D., when the Roman legions tired of attacks from the fearsome tribes of the hilly, rainy land they called Caledonia and withdrew behind Hadrian's Wall, Scotland has been its own country.