RETRACE in a Sentence
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54 example sentences for RETRACE, such as:
1. To retrace his steps was impossible.
2. We must now retrace our way a little.
3. He was obliged to halt and retrace his steps.
4. Still I could not turn, nor retrace one step.
5. Police retraced the movements of the murder victim.
2. We must now retrace our way a little.
3. He was obliged to halt and retrace his steps.
4. Still I could not turn, nor retrace one step.
5. Police retraced the movements of the murder victim.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of RETRACE
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retrace
v. to go back over again
v. reassemble mentally
Classic Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1 We must now retrace our way a little.
2 Let us retrace our steps, and examine as we go, with keener eyes.
3 "Oh, no, you wouldn't either," he said, hastily trying to retrace.
4 They turned without delay and began to retrace their steps.
5 He was obliged to halt and retrace his steps.
6 Within a little while the regiment received orders to retrace its way.
7 The mayor came to meet him, and urged him to retrace his steps.
8 He said himself that he had done all he could, and that now he had nothing to do but retrace his steps quietly.
9 At the moment when the traveller, after the inward deliberation which we have just described, resolved to retrace his steps, this child returned.
10 All at once he paused and dealt himself a blow on his forehead like a man who has forgotten some essential point and who is ready to retrace his steps.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS S...
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS S...
11 He draws his feet out of the sand, he tries to retrace his steps, he turns back, he sinks in more deeply than before.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE ...
12 To retrace his steps was impossible.
13 Still I could not turn, nor retrace one step.
14 But there were so many hillocks and banks to climb and pass, that, at length, I began to be weary, and told her we must halt, and retrace our steps.
15 I was lost in the mazes of my future fortunes, and could not retrace the by-paths we had trodden together.
Example Sentence:
1 About 3-4 hours before I am ready to leave, I retrace my steps to the trees that I put the peanuts under earlier.
2 After a few minutes, he turned around and began to retrace his steps.
3 And the defense secretary retraced what he called the actual history of how the U.S. got involved in Iraq.
4 Police retraced the movements of the murder victim.