| 1. | Very retiring and gentlemanly he was. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 2. | Of a retiring nature, he eludes both hunters and philosophers. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 3. | The perform'd America and Europe grow dim, retiring in shadow behind me. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 4. | The wretch obeys, retiring with a tear. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 5. | But sad, retiring to the sounding shore. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 6. | pound and retiring allowance based on th. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 7. | Enraged to Troy's retiring chiefs he crie. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 8. | Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due o. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 9. | Thus wretched, thus retiring all in tears. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |