Shy, avoiding company

Usage examples of retiring.

In the summer, however, her majesty made a cruise in her yacht, before retiring to her autumnal Scottish retreat.

On the verge of rising to coax his charge to consider retiring to the comfort in an alehouse, Brith froze.

On the 28th Kimberley had been relieved, the Boer army was scattered or taken, the lines of Magersfontein were in our possession, Clements found his assailants retiring before him, Gatacre was able to advance at Stormberg, Buller had a weakening army in front of him, and Ladysmith was on the eve of relief.

At last, after exposing his person in the most perilous situations, his Prussian majesty drew off his forces from the field of battle, retiring in such good order, in sight of the enemy, as prevented a pursuit, or the loss of his artillery and baggage.

Erin knew what that meant, and as they settled down in front of the TV, she wondered what masochistic impulse kept her from excusing herself and retiring to her room with a book.

This mattered the less to her, as she was retiring by disposition, and very much absorbed, to all appearance, in her husband and her domestic duties.

The prisoner whom you there see pale, agitated, and alarmed, instead ofas is the case when a curtain falls on a tragedygoing home to sup peacefully with his family, and then retiring to rest, that he may recommence his mimic woes on the morrow,is removed from your sight merely to be reconducted to his prison and delivered up to the executioner.

The prisoner whom you there see pale, agitated, and alarmed, instead of -- as is the case when a curtain falls on a tragedy -- going home to sup peacefully with his family, and then retiring to rest, that he may recommence his mimic woes on the morrow, -- is removed from your sight merely to be reconducted to his prison and delivered up to the executioner.

She made a polite excuse of needing the retiring room and, moving quickly away from the dance floor, did not notice Malcolm Routier until he spoke.

The Shadow also shook hands with Fitzhugh Salter, the curator, a middle-aged man of portly proportions, chubby-faced, and of retiring disposition.

Within seconds, the Shou lines had become a jumble as retiring units ran headlong into each other.

As it was the British men of Anzac were temporarily driven back, retiring with terrible loss.

Before retiring for the night the major and Truman Flagg cautiously approached the tool-house, and, listening at its single open window, which was merely a slit cut through the logs at the back to serve as a loop-hole for musketry, plainly heard the heavy breathing that assured them of the safety of the prisoners.

Though they seemed no part of Chinatown, they were actually inhabited by quiet, retiring Celestials, the overflow of those who dwelt in the quarter itself.

Before retiring to rest the house-father goes to the cowhouse with holy water and consecrated salt, asperges it from without, and then entering, sprinkles every cow.