This was the only explanation of their sudden retreat.

The other two scrambled in sudden retreat, slipping as they tried to get back up the slope.

As he performed the sudden retreat, The Shadow saw the two men spring toward him.

Looks more like a sudden and complete retreat to me, sir.

Now he had it, saw the significance of their sudden retreat.

But others said they found the sudden retreat of winter unnerving.

The mobsters began a sudden retreat toward the street from which Spider watched.

She followed him with her gaze, his sudden retreat not going unnoticed.

I told him to leave, and from my brief contact with him knew he thought his sudden retreat was his own idea.

But Judy beat a sudden retreat to the kitchen, followed by Pat.