Example Sentences

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While Sir Terence was retrieving the donor heart, the recipient had a cardiac arrest.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Dowdy’s first task that evening was retrieving the Chevy Trax in Alexandria.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

“It will not break Donbas,” said Yevgeny, 45, an I.T. programmer who was retrieving his car covered in dust but undamaged from a rented garage.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2022

It’s not clear why the teacher was retrieving a phone.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2022

She came back to her duties just as I finally spotted a purple glitter pen and was retrieving it from the mound of treasures.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English