1 He had, in truth, gone too far to recede; and yet, in Rowena's present condition, she could not be acted on either by argument or threats.
2 It seemed to advance and to recede as the hail drove before it denser or thinner.
3 But do not deceive yourself into a belief that I will ever recede.
4 He seemed neither to advance nor to recede.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS 5 At the crotch or junction, these flukes slightly overlap, then sideways recede from each other like wings, leaving a wide vacancy between.
6 School and home seemed to recede from us and their influences upon us seemed to wane.
7 Gradually did the country estate and the simple life begin to recede into the distance: gradually did the town house and the life of gaiety begin to loom larger and larger in the foreground.
8 And yet when he had finished, soon over, and lay very very still, receding into silence, and a strange motionless distance, far, farther than the horizon of her awareness, her heart began to weep.
9 The receding footsteps of the speaker were heard; and, in another minute, the form of Mr. John Dawkins, otherwise the Artful Dodger, appeared.
10 Her face, encompassed by the blackness of the receding heath, showed whitely, and with-out half-lights, like a cameo.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country 11 Eustacia stretched her neck forward till she caught a glimpse of a receding back and shoulders; and she felt a wretched twinge of misery, she knew not why.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness 12 Between the brandy which was smoothing out the harsh contours of remorse and Rhett's mocking but comforting words, the pale specter of Frank was receding into shadows.
13 A minute might have passed, but the sounds were already receding in different directions, and gradually losing their distinctness beneath the echoing arches of the woods.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 32 14 I felt my soul receding into some pleasant and vicious region; and there again I found it waiting for me.
15 He had coarse features, a blunt nose, a convex and receding brow, tumid and protruded lips.