Nasr's son Tamim was vanquished and killed, and Nasr retreated to Kumis (Qumis) on the boundary of Jorjan, whither also advanced from the other side Nobata at the head of an army sent by Merwan.
Abdarrahman was among the slain and the Moslems retreated hastily in the night, leaving their camp to the Franks.
Wait a moment,' said Hugo; and he retreated to the kerb, in the expectation of being able to descry Camilla's light in the fifth story.
Then I saw your servant coming, and I retreated through the door.
Three times they retreatedinto the darkness; three times returned heavily laden.
When weather became too bleak for out-of-doors sport, he had retreated to the cover of the North Shore Archery.
We retreated till we reached the rising ground, and then made a stand.
We kept up a continual fire and drove the flanking parties back, and they retreated once more.
The sergeant retreated to avoid receiving back his gift, which she held out persistently towards him.
As she said this, she retreated and took the sobbing boy again into her arms.
As he asked this he came to her and tried again to take her by the waist; but she retreated from him, and got herself clear from his arm.
A bloody battle followed; the Shawnees were beaten, and retreated to the banks of the Ohio, where lived a larger portion of their tribe.
The rest of the attacking party retreated in haste and disorder.
When the Americans retreated and the British scaled the ramparts, her husband dropped his match and fled.
The barbarians did not yet venture to face a strong and well-led Roman army; they retreated to their forests and morasses, and the brave emperor, following them even thither, fought in front of all hand to hand.
In danger of being outflanked on the north-west, the Germans further retreated on August 2, which completely liberated the town.
Fearing to be outflanked, and in order to shorten his front, the enemy abandoned the heights overlooking the river, and retreated to the Aisne during the night of September 3-4.
Ravone, a hungry-looking youth, took charge of the wounded leader, while her highness retreated to the farthest corner of the cavern.
She retreated through her window, determined to go to bed.
The bully retreated under the stunning force of the blow, and picked up a stone, which he hurled at his opponent, but fortunately without hitting him.
Taking the money-bags, he retreated down the peninsula towards the landing-place at the Point, lighted on his way by the burning building.
There was a smile on the villain's countenance as he retreated to a place of concealment near the spot, to wait for the disaster that should lay his victim upon the bed of pain and suffering.
He arose, made me another obeisance, and retreated toward the rosary.
After this the tumult gradually retreated to the other side of the mountain; the voices sounded more and more distant, and at last the wind alone sighed through the silent forest.
I was just about to make a demonstration with my table, when the key was turned slowly three times round in the lock, and then cautiously withdrawn, after which the footsteps retreated along the passage and down the staircase.
As she retreated a step or two, "Do you remember the robbers who shook you down from the tree at night?
Desnoyers of a passage in Florus, in which it is related that Caesar ordered the caves into which the Aquitanian Gauls had retreatedto be closed up.
The whole site of ancient Cromer now forms part of the German Ocean, the inhabitants having gradually retreatedinland to their present situation, from whence the sea still threatens to dislodge them.
Perhaps they will hold a council of war, and then come on warily, imagining that we haveretreated to our old barricade.
The valleys filled with water, and the giants retreated to the hills.
We retreated to the river, and managed to exist by dashing water upon our faces.
As he uttered the words, Blagden suddenly felt his burden relax in his grasp, and picking the man up bodily, he retreated still further into the woods, and laid him down upon the ground.
There were a score or so of the enemy on the platform, who retreated as soon as the first of our people showed his nose above the parapet, but they kept up a dropping fire from the other side of the hill.
Driven back by the fury of the assault directed against his own person, the Spanish commander retreated down the slope of the hill, still defending himself as he could with sword and buckler, when his foot slipped and he fell.
The enemy, disconcerted by the arrival of such a force, retreated and made the best of their way to report the affair to their commander at Cuzco.
The Spaniards, conceiving that they had fallen in with a tribe of Caribs, the only race in that part of the New World known to be cannibals, retreated precipitately to their vessel.
He retreated with his troops into the fastnesses of the sierra.
Nothing I could say would make him stay his hand; he invariably replied that it was no bargain until he had the money.
You need not mind," said the general, moving on; "I dare say Lawson will attend to the matter.
We could see the brute's glittering eyes in the darkness as it retreated to the back of the hole and crouched there, uttering savage snarls; but that was all we could see of it, so we were fain to leave it in peace.
And we knew the meaning of that hissing noise, and the prayer to the serpents cried out by the warriors as they retreated was the same as my own.
Xerophrastes ascended with great agility a tree just over against mine; Rubellia retreated among the pines; and Pona alone awaited the guard.
Do you deem yourself able to penetrate mysteries from which all the sages of the earth have retreated with humility?
They hadretreated here from their former haunt in Montagu Close, as to a last fortress, which was not yet besieged.
When the enemy appeared the people of Southwark retreated across the Bridge.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "retreated" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
