Example Sentences

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To cut costs, Babu says he has withdrawn his children from school.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Accordingly he offers a deeply interior, inward-looking turn that emphasizes how Willy has withdrawn from life and the sustenance of human connection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Elsewhere, world number three Djokovic has withdrawn from this week's Miami Open with injury.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

According to The Athletic, no country has withdrawn from a World Cup after qualifying since the 1950 tournament in Brazil, when India, Scotland, France and Turkey pulled out, mostly over costs and logistical issues.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Since that time he has withdrawn, no longer joins his men for the poker games he once loved, for which he was famous.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara