But it also represents a further retreat from the use of the sanctions that President Clinton signed into law four years ago.

The proposed legislation in any event represents a further retreat from international legal standards by an administration already hostile to them, some scholars said.

Also, any further retreat would expose half a dozen more Uchendi villages to the enemy.

They had backed into the final corner, there would be no further retreat.

The next day, they held a meeting to plan their further retreat.

"The men will brook no further retreat in the face of the enemy."

I could see Glane's hand trembling, his back to me and our fence blocking any further retreat.

The loss of this key mentor figure, coupled with the album's poor sales, led Drake to further retreat into depression.

"It's time now for all of us to stand up and say we are determined that there will be no further retreat on civil rights."

His father also died of cancer when he was a child, which caused him to further retreat into music.