retreating

Speech parts

1. retreating - Noun

2. retreating - Verb

Meaning

of Retreat

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Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit. Norman Mailer

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction. Douglas MacArthur

The particular thing about science is to combine that [the dreams of obtaining power] with a retreat from the world. Other people want to obtain power by going out into the world, but the scientist really wants to obtain power by retreating from the world. Max Delbrück

I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself. Banana Yoshimoto

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree. T. S. Eliot

Retreating is not the same as fleeing. Spanish Proverb

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