Example Sentences

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The group, currently numbering 12, envisages growing food to sell, holding workshops and retreats - and even setting up a "granny agency" to look after children.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Her 50-something protagonist, Alan Anderson, and his socially striving wife Vivian, are at least about to start thinking about where their family is going to go, once Alan retreats to a backyard playhouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

This is why it is important to raise awareness among coastal populations about detecting warning signs: felt earthquakes, abnormal sea movements, most often seawater retreats preceding the run-up of the tsunami, but not always.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

But the tiniest silver lining of the path he’s taken means I have one more thing to help navigate accepting my voice: an example of what happens when someone retreats into fear and shame.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Bedrock becomes boulders, boulders become stones; the ice retreats, a lake forms, and galaxies of freshwater clams flap their million shells at the sun and close and die and the lake seeps away.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr