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Meanings of retiring in inglês
Synonyms
Examples for "reticent"
Examples for "reticent"
1
Wanda liked Dana, although her new friend was a shade too reticent.
2
The lard is fun, but use vegetable oil if you are reticent.
3
He grew reticent, and, to try you, asked you for your story.
4
He looked modest and reticent; his person was the reverse of commanding.
5
And the main reason he'd been reticent to have Sydney join them.
1
The self-effacing Rodgers has tended to let his music do the talking.
2
A generous self-effacing regard had supplanted the madness of his earlier passion.
3
The college may suffer, though other more self-effacing donors are stepping forward.
4
He went on talking in his self-effacing, deprecatory, but very earnest fashion.
5
Hazel Fredericks, in her quiet and self-effacing manner, had aspirations, Milly suspected.
Usage of retiring in inglês
1
GM said it would replace retiring workers with existing workers wherever possible.
2
Phillips said she didn't once consider retiring ahead of the 2021 season.
3
Last week Boston-based Highfields Capital co-founder Richard Grubman said he was retiring.
4
He served in the upper house for seven terms, retiring in 1992.
5
Can a million rumors about retiring the Aqua interface really be wrong?
6
The crisis came in 1858, when they separated, Minna retiring to Dresden.
7
The company also said its Chief Executive Officer Mark Hunter was retiring.
8
Bush is retiring from the police after 42 years in the service.
9
Groups of members were retiring to quiet corners to discuss the crisis.
10
She is retiring from the State Department post after the November election.
11
TRIBUTES were paid in the High Court yesterday to a retiring judge.
12
At one moment in the match I thought of retiring from football.
13
The distant sounds of the Gillies and the servants retiring died away.
14
Current chairman Gay Byrne is retiring after eight years in the role.
15
I always pictured retiring into teaching, but quite the opposite has happened!
16
He and a partner were buying the agency-Delovetwas retiring, he said.
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Retiring across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
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Australia
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