Here you'll find 20 real example sentences with Retrieve, the meaning and synonyms like think or recall.

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Retrieve in a sentence

Retrieve | Retrieved | Retriever | Retrievers | Retrieves

Retrieve meaning

  1. To regain or get back something.
  2. To rescue (a creature).
  3. To salvage something

Synonyms of Retrieve

get think recollect call up call back recall remember fetch convey bring acquire regain find recover think back

Retrieve in Dutch

terugbrengen

Example sentences (20)

Scuba diving crews hired to secretly retrieve drugs from a ship are sometimes brought in specifically for the job.

We acted immediately to retrieve control of the account from official Twitter support after the incident occurred.

The guinea pig San Diego resident Kelly Paolisso adopted after traveled to retrieve 24 small animals from Tucson.

Immediately, she knocked on Amanda's door to retrieve her dustbin and tell the carer 'your bin has been binned'.

Local residents told US media that when the children went to retrieve their ball, the suspect shouted at them.

A source said Andrew took the kerfuffle in good humour and laughed as the dog's mortified owner sprinted to retrieve it.

I also love how easy it is to retrieve video footage using your smartphone rather than messing around with microSD cards.

A woman who got wedged between rocks for seven hours after she tried to retrieve her phone has been rescued.

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Once the customer left the machine, the accused parties would re-attend the ATM to retrieve the money and tampering device.

Previously he has even offered the council a cut of his funds if he is able to retrieve them from the dump.

Unless Hamas were able to retrieve equipment and supplies stored underground, it would also deprive the group of these items.

Afterwards, the two women discussed leaving before going to retrieve their phones from a darkened bedroom, the jury was told.

Middleton said the issue is complicated and he does not view the business owner trying to retrieve his property as vigilantism.

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In it, Homer pilots a sub to retrieve an undersea treasure, only to get stuck in some coral and nearly die from a lack of oxygen.

The sources said the system required needed to be able to link candidates with different ministries to retrieve their identities.

Crews exploring a sunken shipwreck should once again be able to easily retrieve Bounty Skulls from within the Captain's quarters.

The officer asks Chloe to retrieve the number plates from her car before she demanded that her identification card be handed back.

WFF’s Graham Peters, right, and volunteer Cannon Dukas quickly retrieve wood ducks from a cannon net for banding this past August.

The officer asked Chloe to retrieve the number plates from her car before she demanded that her identification card be handed back.

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Common combinations with retrieve

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • to retrieve 142×
  • retrieve the 52×
  • and retrieve 15×
  • retrieve them 11×
  • retrieve their 11×
  • retrieve it 10×
  • retrieve her
  • retrieve his
  • can retrieve
  • retrieve any

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "retrieve" in a sentence?
An example: "Scuba diving crews hired to secretly retrieve drugs from a ship are sometimes brought in specifically for the job." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "retrieve" from real English texts.
What does "retrieve" mean?
Retrieve means: To regain or get back something.
What are synonyms of "retrieve"?
Common synonyms of "retrieve" include: get, think, recollect, call up, call back, recall, remember, fetch. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "retrieve" in Dutch?
"retrieve" translates to Dutch as: terugbrengen.
How many example sentences with "retrieve" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "retrieve", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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