How to pronounce retreated
Listen to retreated in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“retreated” in real sentences
261 clips in the index · 60 American · 30 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the Cossacks as they retreated.
CrashCourse · hear it here
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has retreated up a valley.
UQx Denial101x Making Sense of Climate Science Denial · hear it here
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But as this glacier retreated probably somewhere around the 70s or 80s it retreated back, exposed
NIST · hear it here
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therefore I retreated quite a bit.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
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