We hear him tell Tom about his recent retreat from organized Christian religion.

"Nice move," Dix said about their retreat being cut off, more to himself than anyone.

For a few minutes the fugitive remained motionless, then, hearing no sounds from above he started to grope about his retreat.

Gloval asked for information about the aliens' retreat.

"Injected you," Gnik answered; at least he didn't seem angry about Jens' retreat.

And once again we hear about his asthmatic retreat into a cork-lined room from which he would emerge with increasing infrequency.

At their dining-room table that afternoon, Mieko and Kazuo offered a few theories about Hiroshi's retreat.

We didn't think about our retreat.

I was reluctant to tell him anything about my retreat in the Atlantic depths.

At that critical moment the troops were remembering what they had heard about Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, and living under the shadow of it.