Crossword clues for retreated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Retreat \Re*treat"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Retreating.] To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
The rapid currents drive
Towards the retreating sea their furious tide.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: retreat)
WordNet
n. people who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated"
Usage examples of "retreated".
He'd retreated into himself without speaking for a week after the disastrous undercover assignment with Dorg Jesen, while Nancia tried to tempt his appetite with fancy dishes from the galley and interesting tidbits of news picked up from the gossipbeams.
The animal rights woman from Terra let out a squeak of surprise and retreated behind Mike and Robin, who exchanged a glance of disgust.
Hie speaker's podium suddenly glowed in a sunburst of spotlights, then retreated into the relative dimness of the overhead panels.
Made bolder by their curiosity, more children came out of the surrounding houses and came timidly forward to see the visitors, then retreated, loud with relief, having experienced nothing more terrifying than a handshake.
Jilamey prodded escaping snakes until they retreated far enough upwind to lose the pig-redolent air.
The chirrop, chirrop of a plane car neared, passed over us, retreated and cautiously we rose, checking to make sure another was not hovering.
Thus, warmly dressed, with a blanket thrown over his shoulder and food in his pockets, he retreated the way he had come.
Nita bent the bow of her delicious-looking lips into a shy smile, then retreated to the isolation stall.
As Cinnamon came closer, the horse retreated until it was well within the crowd at the other side.
In the moment of his confusion, she retreated back to her frail body, and beat her fists hopelessly against her thighs.
Nor could the four Disciples have retreated strategically for that would have given the mutineers hostages of the most vulnerable members of the expedition.
It's a bizarre therapy and it doesn't always work, but the failure may have been because the intellect had retreated in desperation," Theoda argued with vehement confidence.
The male he was facing retreated and picked up a digging tool with a ground-down end.
Asedow and Potria retreated another hand-span apart, continuing to harangue one another.
Potria veered upward when her target changed, and retreated, but not until Plennafrey poked a small hole in the shield.