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Meanings of ignominious retreat in anglès

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Usage of ignominious retreat in anglès
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An ignominious retreat is required, but the others accept this with wry humour.
The Irish Times
2
Everywhere the Austrians were beaten, and driven off in ignominious retreat.
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
3
To refuse meant ignominious retreat to Dunsterville, and from that her pride revolted.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
4
He even smiled as he thought of the bear's fright and its ignominious retreat.
Glen of the High North
5
No alternative was left to us except ignominious retreat.
A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the ...
6
He is about to beat an ignominious retreat.
The Sea-Gull
7
A grim smile went down the Captain's table as Molly beat a hasty and ignominious retreat.
Molly Brown's Orchard Home
8
The ignominious retreat of Xerxes was in marked contrast to the pomp and magnificence of his advance into Greece.
Mosaics of Grecian History
9
Do you suppose I am going to make an ignominious retreat now, when we have got so far advanced?
Four Girls at Chautauqua
10
The next second she turned, and beat a hurried and ignominious retreat to the sheltered side of the green mound.
A Popular Schoolgirl
11
I came perilously close to an ignominious retreat-andbefore ever I had an idea of what I was running from!
The Paternoster Ruby
12
We had not got more than fifty yards from the hotel when we were forced to beat a hasty and ignominious retreat.
The Land of the Black Mountain: The Adventures of Two Englishmen...
13
Micum and Alec beat an ignominious retreat back to the street, but with the knowledge that the old woman had eluded them.
Casket of Souls
14
They had to make an ignominious retreat, but Balzac insisted that this really was the place and muttered maledictions on the old woman.
Women in the Life of Balzac
15
In this attempt he was disappointed, for the Chinese kept better guard than he expected, and he was compelled to make an ignominious retreat.
China
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For the past few weeks I have been haunted by a vision of myself beating an ignominious retreat, after having altogether failed in my mission.
The Lady of the Basement Flat
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Ignominious retreat across language varieties
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