WITHDRAW in a Sentence

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De Bracy bowed low and in silence, and was about to withdraw, when the yeomen burst at once into a shout of execration and derision.

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 Meanings and Examples of WITHDRAW
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
withdraw
 v.  remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
Classic Sentence: (83 in 6 pages)
1  But I will not further withdraw the veil of our mysteries.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
2  De Bracy bowed low and in silence, and was about to withdraw, when the yeomen burst at once into a shout of execration and derision.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
3  He assured them of every accommodation, and was about to withdraw when the Black Knight took his hand.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
4  Rowena wondered, hesitated, became curious, and ended by commanding the damsel to be admitted, and her attendants to withdraw.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
5  All his body went perfectly still, but did not withdraw.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
6  She had soon the mortification of seeing Mr Elliot withdraw, and no one of proper condition has since presented himself to raise even the unfounded hopes which sunk with him.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
7  He stopped the horses, and beckoned to her to withdraw with him a few yards aside, which she did, wondering.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 4 The Halt on the Turnpike Road
8  After listening under the bank for some minutes to the talk he turned in a perplexed and doubting manner and began to withdraw as silently as he had come.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
9  The shadowy form seen by Venn to part from Wildeve in the porch, and quickly withdraw into the house, was Thomasin's.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 8 Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart
10  With an apology for my intrusion, I was about to withdraw when Holmes pulled me abruptly into the room and closed the door behind me.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
11  It is necessary that you should withdraw.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
12  In her hurry to withdraw the key, she makes this scratch upon the door.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
13  I shall withdraw, since you do not arrest me.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED
14  The branch trembles when a hand approaches it to pluck a flower, and seems to both withdraw and to offer itself at one and the same time.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HA...
15  He is said to have profited by this interval of three or four days of liberty, to withdraw a considerable sum deposited by him with one of our leading bankers.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430
Example Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  The government has threatened to take military action if the rebels do not withdraw from the area.
2  The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks.
3  There are no restrictions on the amount of money you can withdraw.
4  I must withdraw some money from the bank.
5  The company has decided to withdraw from some of its sports sponsorship.
6  The general refused to withdraw his troops.
7  The country could face international isolation if it does not withdraw its troops.
8  I advise you to withdraw your allegation before I contact my lawyer.
9  I don't know if he will withdraw from the race.
10  The four Southern African countries which had been calling for a limited trade in elephant tusks said that they had agreed to withdraw their request.
11  As British companies withdraw Jade's top-selling perfume from the shelves, it's losing work for people in Mumbai where its bottles are manufactured.
12  And then she would pout like a disappointed child; a pensive cloud would soften her radiant vivacity; she would withdraw her hand hastily from his, and turn in transient petulance from his aspect, at once so heroic and so martyr-like.
13  In the face of these indisputable statements, I withdraw my complaint.
14  If you experience any unusual symptoms after withdrawal of the treatment then contact your doctor.
15  The UN will dictate the terms of troop withdrawal from the region.