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Meanings of retiring for in English

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Usage of retiring for in English
1
On retiring for the night we were required to lie perfectly motionless.
Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal / An Authentic Narrative of...
2
Before retiring for the night, have a warm bath, temperature 92° Fahr.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoh...
3
His Grace the archbishop says that he is retiring for the night.
Scarlet
4
Bates looked in on his master before retiring for the night.
Number Seventeen
5
Presently the stranger signified his intention of retiring for the night.
Complete Prose Works / Specimen Days and Collect, November Bough...
6
This conversation took place while the two boys were retiring for the night.
The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds
7
He may have tripped, fallen, and bandaged himself before retiring for the night.
Too wicked to kiss
8
After tea Mrs. Mora insisted on Olive's retiring for the night.
Olive: A Novel
9
He said he's been thinking about retiring for some time.
Radio NZ
10
No thought of retiring for the night entered until the last man was gone.
The Financier: A Novel
11
And here Weldon Gardner came before retiring for the night.
Idle Hour Stories
12
There was no retiring for the enjoyment of a competency.
Usury / A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
13
Before retiring for the night, Pizarro briefly addressed his troops on their present situation.
History of the Conquest of Peru
14
She had been reading to Mrs Wallace and Jean, preparatory to retiring for the night.
Hunted and Harried
15
Before retiring for the night he had Jasken meet him in one of the saunas.
Surface detail
16
At about six o'clock Lady Laura announced her intention of retiring for her evening meditation.
The Necromancers
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