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"Retire" in a Sentence (37 examples)
We retire at eleven o'clock.
When I retire, I'd like to spend the rest of my life in the country.
Most people retire at the age of sixty.
Such a judge may as well retire from his job.
The man held on to his job stubbornly and would not retire.
Such a teacher may as well retire from his work.
Jim's uncle is due to retire next year.
Such a judge should retire from his job before retirement age.
I hope to retire from work when I'm 60 years old.
I have decided to retire.
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Having made a large fortune, he retired.
He wants to retire at 55.
She decided to retire from her banking job due to stress.
Green will never forget "that was the day I retired - the absolute crowning event of my life and I was very proud of that.
I have decided to retire from football at the end of the season after the World Cup.
I have decided to retire from test cricket at 45.
He […] retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.
As when the sun is present all the year, / And never doth retire his golden ray.
The steamship made thousands of trips over several decades before it was retired by the shipping company.
When a hurricane becomes so deadly or destructive that future use would be insensitive, officials may retire the name of the hurricane.
Only now, due to the COVID-19-associated drop in traffic, are they being retired with 12 of the 30 trains moved to Landore (Swansea) for warm storage.
The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
The board retired the old major.
How had it felt, at 28, to be the hottest young actor in town? He [Richard Gere] grinned. “It was great having the attention,” he said. “I thought: ‘This is it! I’ve done it! I’m going to retire my father. I’m putting money away for college for my sisters,’ the whole thing. It’s incredibly euphorious. All of a sudden the rehearsal period of your life is over, and your future has arrived. It’s liberating.”
By the time I first spoke to Magana in late 2022, 25/7 Media’s success had given him some measure of financial security. “The truth is that I just retired my parents,” he told me two days after Christmas.
Jones retired in favour of Smith.
Jones retired Smith 6-3.
Jones makes the catch for the third out, and that retires the side.
I will retire to the study.
to retire from the world
to retire from the public eye
to retire from battle
The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.
I will retire for the night.
In the daytime the beds are made up but completely out of sight, giving the passenger a comfortable little private room; as the time for retiring comes, after preparing for rest in the same spacious conditions, he is able, practically at a touch, to pull the bed into position ready for use.
At the retire, the cavalry fell back.
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