RETIRING in a Sentence

Learn RETIRING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
267 example sentences for RETIRING, such as:
1. He must be getting near retiring age.
2. Very retiring and gentlemanly he was.
3. I have no intention of retiring just yet.
4. He is due to retire as chief executive next year.
5. You should bar the door before retiring for the night.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of RETIRING
retiring
 a.  shy and reserved; modest
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Having got there, he collected two successive loads of stone and dragged them down to the windmill before retiring for the night.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
2  She was two years past the retiring age, but in fact no animal had ever actually retired.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
3  When the time drew near for retiring, Mr. Bounderby took a glass of water.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
4  In various routes, according to the different quarters from which they came, and in groups of various numbers, the spectators were seen retiring over the plain.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  On his retiring to his tent, many who had lingered in the lists, to look upon and form conjectures concerning him, also dispersed.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  Prince John had proceeded thus far, and was about to give the signal for retiring from the lists, when a small billet was put into his hand.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  He called upon his chamberlain as he gave the signal for retiring from the lists, and commanded him instantly to gallop to Ashby, and seek out Isaac the Jew.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  Look forth again, Rebecca," said Ivanhoe, mistaking the cause of her retiring; "the archery must in some degree have ceased, since they are now fighting hand to hand.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
9  Then retiring two steps backward, he permitted the lady to move on.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
10  Mrs Bolton was just retiring from her parish duties to take up private nursing jobs.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
11  She was always so gentle and retiring that her emotions were beyond his discrimination.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
12  He considered his disposition as of the sort which must suffer heavily, uniting very strong feelings with quiet, serious, and retiring manners, and a decided taste for reading, and sedentary pursuits.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
13  "That is the best I can do for you," he said, stepping down and retiring to the path, where he resumed the smoking of his pipe as he walked up and down.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
14  Very retiring and gentlemanly he was.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
15  He was a singular man, fierce and quick-tempered, very foul-mouthed when he was angry, and of a most retiring disposition.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
Example Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1  He must be getting near retiring age.
2  You should bar the door before retiring for the night.
3  I have no intention of retiring just yet.
4  He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad.
5  Two retiring Republican senators warned their fellow lawmakers Tuesday that they need to fix the Social Security system before it goes broke.
6  Since retiring from the company, she has done voluntary work for a charity.
7  Some people find retiring difficult; but he has taken it all in his stride.
8  Given Susan's retiring personality, no one expected her to take up public speaking.
9  According to the new regulations,mining engineers retire at the age of fifty-five.
10  She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health.
11  The officer ordered the troop to retire from the action.
12  He will retire from the army / his directorship next year.
13  The two leaders will retire to Camp David for informal discussions.
14  At the age when most people retire, he is ready to face a new career.
15  He is due to retire as chief executive next year.