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Example sentences for "drawing back"

  • At the moment of drawing back, Adrienne said to Mother Bunch, with so sweet a smile and affectionate a tone, that it was impossible not to believe her sincere: "M.

  • Hardy, drawing back in horror: "he makes no answer!

  • Cardoville," said the magistrate, drawing back a little, to give Adrienne the opportunity of seeing her defender.

  • Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.

  • Dear me," Elma cried, drawing back a little in surprise, but not at all in horror, as she felt she ought to do.

  • Foxy ferreting," Montague Nevitt repeated, drawing back as if stung, and profoundly astonished.

  • LIPA (drawing back a little, and raising her hand for protection)-Well, nothing will happen.

  • Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some horses do.

  • Defn: Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.

  • The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.

  • Why, I aren't been doing nothing now," cried Pan, drawing back.

  • He did not achieve this, because if he had the waiters would not have laughed and put their napkins to their mouths, on drawing back to let him pass.

  • Then I won't stop and nuss yer," said Pan, drawing back.

  • Drawing back in his arms] I can't--can't bear it.

  • Drawing back in her seat with a little gasp] Oh!

  • At any rate, this time there can be no drawing back, and we must conquer or die.

  • Nita shrank and shivered, drawing back as he approached her.

  • She stopped short with a shrill cry, and, stooping down, examined the dead, drawing back with a shudder as her hand became wet with blood.

  • I'm not the kind you want," she said, drawing back, for his precipitation gave her the feeling of being crowded into a corner.

  • Then, drawing back, she remained by the door to her room, her whole being concentrated on the scene, her hands clasped as if in prayer.

  • Adah did not mean to be proud, but still she could not help shrinking from the familiarity, drawing back so quickly that Pamelia saw the implied rebuke.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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