Example Sentences

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Fowler, who had been retreating on the baseline, shifted gears and cruised into second base.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2011

The Belgian army, which had been retreating in disorder, had time to remarshall; Geeraert was credited, doubtless justly, with having helped to save it from destruction.

From Time Magazine Archive

Near night at Savage Station Sumner and Franklin, of the Federal Army, who had been retreating all day, turned to give battle.

From History of Kershaw's Brigade by Dickert, D. Augustus

He still approached her, though she had been retreating backward step by step.

From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Major, Charles

It was thither that the Turks had been retreating when we cut them off.

From War in the Garden of Eden by Roosevelt, Kermit