...As soon as ever it was shut, I rose, and, listening, heard the sound of retiring footsteps... 
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「The Man in the Iron Mask」
...I drop my needlework and take to the deck; but it isafter all only that shy retiring young man practising secretly on hisclarionet...
Mary H. Kingsley 「Travels in West Africa」
...Our father had been a man of peculiarly reserved and retiring manners; he had formed no friendships in England, and the few people he knew were simply business acquaintances...
W. H. G. Kingston 「The African Trader」
...Modest and retiring, he would not desire, as he does not need, a eulogy...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...Carriages going in and retiring from the great house, made the circuit of the lawn, and their passengers were permitted to behold a scene of almost Eden-like beauty...
Frederick Douglass 「My Bondage and My Freedom」
...He was bent on retiring, and just as he had set the date a year hence he inadvertently died...
W. E. B. Du Bois 「The Quest of the Silver Fleece」
...The white men were late in retiring to rest, after an evening spent in drinking...
William Wells Brown 「Clotelle」
...It was half-past twelve, and the passengers, instead of retiring totheir berths, once more assembled at the gambling-tables...
William Wells Brown 「Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States」
...Members of this family are almost exclusively frequenters of marshes,where they lead a shy, retiring life and are more often heard than seen...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...It is extremely shy and retiring in its habits, and so quickof hearing that extreme care has to be taken in stalking to avoidtreading on a dry leaf or stick...
Robert A. Sterndale 「Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon」
...At the Professor's suggestion, preparations werenow made for retiring, and we sought our tent andblankets...
W. E. Webb 「Buffalo Land」
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