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Example sentences for "safe retreat"

  • And although provision for a safe retreat is certainly in most cases a desirable circumstance, yet it has been dispensed with by good generals, and by none more frequently than by Napoleon himself.

  • Beneath a ledge of rocks his fleet he hides: Tall trees surround the mountain's shady sides; The bending brow above a safe retreat provides.

  • Now had the sun withdrawn his radiant light, And hills were hid in dusky shades of night: We land, and, on the bosom Of the ground, A safe retreat and a bare lodging found.

  • Fortunately, I know a safe retreat in the mountain, not far from here.

  • He is now in a safe retreat, and I have no right to disclose it.

  • The garret seems to me to offer a safe retreat.

  • I took him to the place where my brother-in-law has found a safe retreat.

  • Thanks to my niece I have a safe retreat in the palace of Nevers.

  • And in order to be within reach of the English cruiser d'Aché had to be near Cotentin; he had many devoted friends in this region and was sure of finding a safe retreat.

  • Acquet wrote to tell her mother that she had found a safe retreat.

  • Spain for himself and his heirs, accepting in return from the hands of Napoleon a safe retreat in Italy and a splendid mansion.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    added the; dear countrymen; deep conviction; defense against; envoy extraordinary and minister; five women; her arms; life that; moral causes; opposite direction; safe anchorage; safe conduct; safe custody; safe distance; safe from; safe landing; safe place; safe retreat; safe return; safety first; safety lamp; safety valve; sotto voce; straight replied; telling them; thorough examination