List of synonyms from "retread" to synonyms from "Reuben"
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Definition of the day : « retrieval »
- noun recovery
- It was just the moment for the Church party to attempt a retrieval of their lost power.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- In Æschylus, when once "destiny" is about, all retrieval grows absurd.
- Extract from : « The English Novel » by Sidney Lanier
- He is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes.
- Extract from : « Thoughts for the Quiet Hour » by Various
- But what retrieval of lost comeliness could be effected in a day or two?
- Extract from : « The Mountebank » by William J. Locke
- The abolition of slavery, and the retrieval of specie in this colony, are the subjects on which I would bespeak their attention.
- Extract from : « Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants » by Anthony Benezet
- For the victory in question, from whatever point of view we may look at it, was not the avoidance of defeat, but its retrieval.
- Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons
- Retrieval is part of the practice of knowledge and defines a horizon for human interaction.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- So she sat down instead of standing up in a vain effort at retrieval.
- Extract from : « You Never Know Your Luck, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- It's simply the case of a man who has made a fool of himself and sees no help of retrieval in himself.
- Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells
- The touch is the retrieval, so far as it goes, setting up as it does heaven knows what undefeated continuity.
- Extract from : « The Middle Years » by Henry James