How to use "retract" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "retract" in popular movie and book plots

  • However, Deng does not retract her accusation and insists that she was raped by DiStasio.  - Scorched Earth (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
  • She starts to retract the bridges over the cages leading to the doors and opens the animal pens.  - Omen (Star Wars novel)
  • Many people, including Father Malachy's superiors, attempt to persuade him to retract his prediction.  - Father Malachy's Miracle
  • Back in Pluribus, Trachis tells Amphion he has one last chance to retract his lies or his friends will die, too.  - The Sword of Veracity
  • Cajetan warns Luther that if he does not retract his "errors and sermons" that the unity of Christendom would be sundered.  - Luther (1973 film)
  • With the whole world against Lexie (even the Tribune is pushing her to retract her story), Dodge concocts a clever ruse.  - Leatherheads
  • Frightened, Ang is about to retract the challenge, but Lau manages to get the letter and reads it.  - Love on Delivery
  • The Purdys then arrive and retract their charge against Sam, who decides not to sue for defamation of character.  - In the Heat of the Night (novel)
  • The PM formally asks him to retract it and print “the truth,” but Burnham refuses—unless he has hard evidence.  - Official Secrets
  • Here we get the first display of Pai Mei's mastery of internal kung-fu techniques that allow him to retract his privates into his groin.  - Executioners from Shaolin
  • As they retrieve it, Barnes and his men appear and retract their climbing ropes, leaving Daniel no choice but to sign up for the tournament.  - The Karate Kid Part III
  • The letter is leaked to the media, and the airline is sold, but the new owners want Pineyro to retract his statement.  - Whisky Romeo Zulu
  • Veronica motivates him to return to school, while his grade school classmates convince Max to retract his bribery accusations.  - Billy Madison
  • Buck then strikes him with a golf ball, making him retract his apology and flee.  - Uncle Buck
  • The party gets wilder, and Bakshi offers to retract the bar to make room for dancing.  - The Party (film)
  • He is encouraging dr Stockmann to retract himself from this article and to solve this problem in a more quiet way.  - An Enemy of the People

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