Other Words from retrieve

Verb

retrievability \ ri-ˌtrē-və-ˈbi-lə-tē

\ noun

retrievable \ ri-ˈtrē-və-bəl

\ adjective

Examples of retrieve in a Sentence

Verb Many archaeological relics were retrieved from the site. Police retrieved his stolen car. You can quickly retrieve data. The files were retrieved from the computer. He was able to retrieve the document. The dog is learning how to retrieve. The dog has been trained to retrieve birds. See More

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb In the event that Perseverance can't return the samples to the lander, the little choppers will be able to fly away from the lander, use arms to retrieve the samples and bring them back. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 July 2022 Touchpoints not only enhance memorization but enable what is actually the most important part of a memory—the ability to retrieve and recall the memory. — Frank Maggio, Forbes, 12 July 2022 Capitol police directed Jacobs and other lawmakers to retrieve gas masks from under their seats and evacuate. — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2022 Also, there was no sufficient manpower available to retrieve and launch the department’s jet ski, the report says. — al, 6 June 2022 In Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Diego Luna's Cassian Andor gave his life alongside his squadron to retrieve the Death Star blueprints from Scarif and change the course of the Rebellion. — Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 May 2022 Vaught, who had been working in the ICU, was asked to retrieve the medication and administer it to the 75-year-old patient. — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 14 May 2022 Undeterred, Texas is already dispatching buses to the southern border towns to retrieve border crossers and send them to the U.S. Capitol. — Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2022 That could be difficult to do for Trump, who advisers say tore up documents out of habit, leaving staff to retrieve and reassemble piles of torn paper. — Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Funeral directors couldn’t quickly answer the calls of grieving families, much less retrieve bodies. — Carson Kessler, ProPublica, 25 July 2022 Lures are worked in the twitch-twitch-twitch motion that causes a zig-zagging stop and go action, but the retrieve can be much faster than normal because the fish are fired up and triggered by the fast moving bait. — Frank Sargeant, al, 5 Sep. 2021 The police alerted the F.B.I., which had an agent retrieve Ms. Biden’s diary and other belongings. — New York Times, 20 Mar. 2022 Keeping the rod high, at least 45 degrees above the surface, greatly facilitates this retrieve and allows feeling a pickerel taking the lure or bait. — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 Nov. 2021 Their level-wind line retrieve combined with high amount of line storage set them apart from other types for reels for deep saltwater applications. — The Editors, Field & Stream, 3 Sep. 2019 The retrieve can be lengthened by letting the fly drift downcurrent before retrieving. — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 24 Oct. 2021 An aggressive retrieve might be overkill on a calm surface, but these plugs excel amid riffles and chops. — Joe Doggett, Chron, 14 Oct. 2021 The casting fishermen are targeting the walleye suspending about 8 to 10 feet below the surface to feed, relying on a slow retrieve to get bites. — cleveland, 10 June 2021 See More

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