| 1. | 'I'll not retract my word,' said Catherine. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 2. | I hope you do not retract what you then said.. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 3. | Emma was not required, by any subsequent discovery, to retract her ill opinion of Mrs. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 4. | Paris should ne'er retract what he hath don. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | If you doubt, encourage her to retract her word, and you'll have an opportunity of judging. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 6. | "Yes, if you will not consent to retract that infamous calumny.. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 7. | The instant is solemn there is still time to retract if you think you have been mistaken. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 8. | Neither in the Laws, when the daylight of common sense breaks in upon him, does he retract his error. - from The Republic by Plato |
| 9. | "You will retract this assertion, will you not, Beauchamp" said Albert with increased though stifled anger. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
