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    Use "retractation" in a sentence

    retractation example sentences

    retractation


    1. "I am determined not to be content with anything short of an entire retractation


    2. "Come," said he, "this matter will want a good deal of talking over; a retractation is always a serious thing, you know


    3. "Well," said Albert in a determined tone, "you see that your paper his insulted a member of my family, and I insist on a retractation being made


    4. Do you insist on this retractation so far as to kill me if I do not make it, although I have repeated more than once, and affirmed on my honor, that I was ignorant of the thing with which you charge me, and although I still declare that it is impossible for any one but you to recognize the Count of Morcerf under the name of Fernand?"


    5. rash, to employ others in making the offensive retractation


    6. Garth could only imply some retractation of her severity by saying "God bless you" when she shook hands with him


    7. The vindictive fire was still burning in him, and he could utter no word of retractation; but it was nevertheless in his mind that having come back to this hearth where he had enjoyed a caressing friendship he had found calamity seated there—he had had suddenly revealed to him a trouble that lay outside the home as well as within it


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