Read full poem →And newer fashions blow --
Doth not retract a single spice
For pang of jealousy --
Dictionary Entry
To pull back inside.
In a Sentence
“An airplane retracts its wheels for flight.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. retract
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Poetry examples for “retract”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The awful daring of a moment’s surrender
Which an age of prudence can never retract
By this, and this only, we have existed
Read full poem →Anticipate your own life—retract with merciless power,
Shirk nothing—retract in time—Do you see those errors, diseases, weaknesses,
Read full poem →I say nourish a great intellect, a great brain;
If I have said anything to the contrary, I hereby retract it.