He had been longing for a chance to recede from his position.

The more you recede from youth, the fairer life will become to you.

Confident of his better information on this subject, I recede from that idea.

Sand-banks sometimes recede from the coast, instead of rolling towards it.

Shelley would not recede from the position he had taken up.

But he could not then recede from the enterprise, so he set sail.

Haiti may recede from the headlines, but the crisis will be far from over.

They diminish in size as they recede from the ocean.

All to no purpose; for neither nation could afford to recede from its position.

Outside the window, Mars continued to recede from the spacecraft.

Smiling fondly, I wave back as they recede from view.

Think well of it, before you take the step which you cannot recede from.

With the relief and reaction, everything seemed to recede from Nina and grow black.

He knew also that these men would never recede from a position once taken.

He could but be angry and recede from his offer.

As we recede from them, they sink back, flat and inanimate on the horizon.