What is "retreats"

Usage examples of "retreats".

When their dark retreats were invaded by a military force, which it was impossible to resist, they silently stretched out their necks to the executioner.

A black vulcrow's shriek echoes along the narrow trail, followed by the flapping of wings as the scavenger retreats farther eastward down the winding road that leads to Jellico.

The weakness in his knees retreats, but they must continue to move onward.

He swallows it all, slowly, holding the mug as the dark-haired young guard retreats, an opaque expression on her face.

A single ray of sunlight strikes the sand before them, then retreats from their oncoming steps.

It had long been a jest that the priestesses of Adaon were the best birth doctors in the Palm, so numerous were the daughters of distinguished or merely wealthy houses that elected to sojourn at one of the god's retreats at times that might otherwise have been inconvenient for their families.