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RetiredAndHappy
Examples from the oxford dictionary
‘But Budde settled down and retired the next three batters.’
‘It requires retiring all twenty-seven batters in order, without allowing a single runner.’
‘Scobie took the mound for the seventh, retiring the first batter.’
‘Later that evening after they had all finished their Christmas dinner, Sam retired to the window seat to read one of the new books she had gotten from Bryant.’
‘At the outbreak of the Civil War he retired to Montgomery Castle and declined to become involved.’
‘At half-past seven the onlookers had retired to safe positions five or six hundred yards away.’
‘MaryAnn wasn't worried about Lizzie because Lizzie rarely had plans for a Saturday night and usually retired early.’
‘The music started to die down, and the king announced for everyone to retire for the night.’
‘Late that night, after everyone had retired, I sat up in bed, listening to the chirps of the night creatures.’
‘The trial continued the next day and the jury retired to consider their verdict.’
‘The jury retires to consider its verdict - the jurors go into the jury room.’
‘After three days of courtroom arguments, the 12 men of the jury retire to decide if the boy is guilty beyond reasonable doubt.’
‘The great black dragon was forced to retire from the fight.’
‘To the north of Ypres the Germans, by employing a large quantity of asphyxiating bombs, the effect of which was felt for a distance of a mile and a quarter behind our lines, succeeded in forcing us to retire.’
‘Yermati led a tactical retreat and the elves retired to their kingdom.’
‘When your clients are running late on their payments, it is unlikely that they will be able to retire the entire balance in one payment.’
‘After the war ended in 1816, these taxes were repealed and instead a high tariff was passed to retire the accumulated war debt.’
‘Most discussions of the surplus involve retirement of the publicly held debt, but once this debt has been retired, the surplus has to be redirected elsewhere.’
