retracted

How To Use retracted In A Sentence

• As they ran the risk of losing the advantages they had been given if they went back on their previous statements or retracted their confessions, their statements were open to question.
• Behind West, the retractable path that led to the elevator retracted, leaving them stranded on the circular platform.
• FLATOW: A lot of times, you don't see the word retraction, Ivan, do you on some of these retracted papers? NPR Topics: News
• Yet, dismayingly, the Government retracted many of these commitments this week - and the numbers problem festers on.
• About the twenty-first, weight generally in the left side, with pain; slight urine thick, muddy, and reddish; when allowed to stand, had no sediment; in other respects felt lighter; fever not gone; fauces painful from the commencement, and red; uvula retracted; defluxion remained acrid, pungent, and saltish throughout. Of The Epidemics
• The formwork on this system is hung on the scaffolding so that it can be easily retracted and opened.
• As the landing gear was being retracted, he felt a slight hesitation and mild backfire with the left engine.
• Gartner has retracted its most recent quarterly server numbers and published revised statistics.
• he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person
• When questioned on TV, the minister retracted his allegations.