RETRIEVE in a Sentence

Learn RETRIEVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

30 example sentences for RETRIEVE, such as:

1. But he retrieved his mistake at once.
2. The dog retrieved the ball from the water.
3. They often retrieved some data from a disk.
4. By then the situation was beyond retrieval.
5. I must retrieve my credit card from the waiter.

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 Meanings and Examples of RETRIEVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
retrieve
 v.  recover; find and bring in; get back
Classic Sentence:
1  He bent suddenly to retrieve his hat and she had one glimpse of his face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
2  Every time she bent over to retrieve them, the hem of the dress fell in the mud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
3  Many a man has been able to retrieve his character, if he has openly confessed his fault and taken his punishment.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
4  Mellors pushed steadily behind, and up she went, as if to retrieve herself.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
5  To retrieve the consequences of that sin the Only Begotten Son of God came down to earth, lived and suffered and died a most painful death, hanging for three hours on the cross.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  The Indians were removed to Indian Territory, and settlers poured into these coveted lands to retrieve their broken fortunes.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VII
7  Some rose briskly; others stooped, retrieving walking-sticks, hats, bags.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 7
8  "The play's over, I take it," muttered Colonel Mayhew, retrieving his hat.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
9  And retrieving some glint of faith from the grey waters, hopefully, without much help from reason, she followed the fish; the speckled, streaked, and blotched; seeing in that vision beauty, power, and glory in ourselves.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
10  For a minute or two we were all on our knees retrieving stray cigarettes from impossible places.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
11  I settled his doubts, by suddenly retrieving my gravity and desiring him to walk away, for I came to see Linton, not him.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  Sonya felt that this was true: that the only possibility of retrieving the Rostovs' affairs was by Nicholas marrying a rich woman, and that the princess was a good match.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XII
13  It's hard to salvage jettisoned cargo and, if it is retrieved, it's usually irreparably damaged.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
14  But he retrieved his mistake at once.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER VI
15  Holmes hunted about among the grass and leaves like a retriever after a wounded bird.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Example Sentence:
1  They say the more they talk to these detainees, the more tips and evidence they retrieve from the area.
2  The left fielder tried to retrieve the ball, but it flew over the fence, bounced off a wall, and fell into the sewer: it was irretrievable.
3  I must retrieve my credit card from the waiter.
4  The program allows you to retrieve items quickly by searching under a keyword.
5  Before she could announce me, I retrieved the coat, muttered a few feeble excuses, and ran.
6  Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train.
7  The dog retrieved the ball from the water.
8  They often retrieved some data from a disk.
9  He retrieved the important letter from the waste paper basket.
10  My dad retrieved a flashlight from the truck, and we found the deer within a 100 yards.
11  A retriever is a type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.
12  The ship was buried, beyond retrieval, at the bottom of the sea.
13  By then the situation was beyond retrieval.
14  I think information retrieval is an important skill that every child should have.
15  The new version of the software automatically retrieves digital information.