Sentence examples for withdrew rather from inspiring English sources

One player, Grady Reynolds, was expelled from St .John's immediately; another, Elijah Ingram, withdrew rather than face expulsion.

The Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga appears to have acted as a mopping-up force at Sinjar where, again, Isis withdrew rather than making a costly last stand.

As the alliance closed in on the city, most of the Taliban forces collapsed and withdrew rather than fight, he said.

But he won the runoff by default when his opponent, former President Carlos Saúl Menem, withdrew rather than suffer what opinion polls predicted would be a crushing defeat.

When he saw that his men were involved in a heavy firefight, he withdrew rather than call for air support and risk the lives of women and children who were also in the compound.

DiMarco's group finished 35 holes before darkness fell, and with no chance to make the cut and only one hole to play, DiMarco withdrew, rather than returning Saturday morning to play his final hole.

When they did not agree, kin were more likely to recommend treatment when the patient wanted treatment withdrawn rather than mistakenly to recommend withdrawal.

The new theater may work as a concert hall, but its configuration creates a sense of distance: the dancers onstage seem to withdraw rather than to project.

Hence, the rejection of this amendment must be read as a decision in favor of the unilateral right to withdraw rather than as a decision on whether the declaration of withdrawal can be revoked.

Some companies that operated in France's gray market before the online betting legislation came into force have chosen to withdraw rather than meet what they say are onerous restrictions.

Also in keeping with the charitable nature of the sale, high and low price estimates included in the published auction catalog are referred to as "wish list" prices, and watches are sold without a reserve, the price below which the watch will be withdrawn rather than sold.