Significados de ignominious retreat en inglés

An ignominious retreat is required, but the others accept this with wry humour.

Everywhere the Austrians were beaten, and driven off in ignominious retreat.

To refuse meant ignominious retreat to Dunsterville, and from that her pride revolted.

He even smiled as he thought of the bear's fright and its ignominious retreat.

No alternative was left to us except ignominious retreat.

He is about to beat an ignominious retreat.

A grim smile went down the Captain's table as Molly beat a hasty and ignominious retreat.

The ignominious retreat of Xerxes was in marked contrast to the pomp and magnificence of his advance into Greece.

Do you suppose I am going to make an ignominious retreat now, when we have got so far advanced?

The next second she turned, and beat a hurried and ignominious retreat to the sheltered side of the green mound.

I came perilously close to an ignominious retreat-andbefore ever I had an idea of what I was running from!

We had not got more than fifty yards from the hotel when we were forced to beat a hasty and ignominious retreat.

Micum and Alec beat an ignominious retreat back to the street, but with the knowledge that the old woman had eluded them.

They had to make an ignominious retreat, but Balzac insisted that this really was the place and muttered maledictions on the old woman.

In this attempt he was disappointed, for the Chinese kept better guard than he expected, and he was compelled to make an ignominious retreat.

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.