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1
Peter and Alicia watched in silence as the gates commenced to
retract
into
their pockets.
2
It was streaked with black hair, the fingers beginning to contort and
retract
into
talons.
3
Could they
retract
into
their shells?
4
Downing seemed to
retract
into
himself for a moment: whatever was about to come out was apparently kept deep within.
5
The knife blade, which was supposed to
retract
into
the handle to make it look as though the victim had been stabbed, didn't work.
6
That great burning column is still there, but it's constricting, narrowing-it looks like the funnel of a tornado, about to
retract
into
the clouds.
7
The robot arms finished their task and
retracted
into
the ceiling.
8
A click and the heavy door
retracted
into
the adjacent bulkhead.
9
The screen
retracted
into
the ceiling and the dimmed lights brightened.
10
It spoke to the group for twenty minutes before being
retracted
into
Fischer's body.
11
The smile was gone now,
retracted
into
habitual cat-like calm.
12
The door
retracted
into
its recess to reveal Ben Tallen in the corridor beyond.
13
The way through into the lobby stood open, the security doors
retracted
into
their recesses.
14
Nature is
retracted
into
thought, built again in mind.
15
There is theatre-type seating which
retracts
into
the wall.
16
It was covered with sleek black hair, and the fingers had
retracted
into
white claws.
retract
into
retract