How to Use retrieve in a Sentence

retrieve

1 of 2 verb

• The dog has been trained to retrieve birds.
• The dog is learning how to retrieve.
• The files were retrieved from the computer.
• He was able to retrieve the document.
• Police retrieved his stolen car.
• You can quickly retrieve data.
• Many archaeological relics were retrieved from the site.
• The next day, her body was retrieved from a lake a few miles away.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
• The owners asked the dogs to retrieve each toy by name.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2026
• Nobody should be able to sneak in and retrieve an egg.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• Bacha had helped retrieve eighteen of the dead.
  — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
• No attempt was made to retrieve him.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
• There's not much that can be retrieved from the library area.
  — Kristin Wright, NPR, 11 Jan. 2026
• Neither of us moved to retrieve it.
  — Gali Kronenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• The weather was so bad that his body couldn’t be retrieved for weeks.
  — Clarissa Ward, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
• Goncalves said that police retrieved firearms from the scene.
  — Mark Reynolds, The Providence Journal, 16 Feb. 2026
• Gambill reached down to retrieve them.
  — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• How can customers retrieve their pets?
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
• The pit needs to be dry enough to crack open and retrieve the seed from inside.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 Mar. 2026
• Servers climb ladders to retrieve pours.
  — Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
• Our goal was to retrieve as much of her work as possible.
  — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
• Keep the firearm close enough to them to be able to readily retrieve it.
  — The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
• The pheasant dropped, and our Lab retrieved it.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
• At one point, a fourth agent retrieved an extra pair of handcuffs.
  — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
• Inmates would then retrieve the items and move them throughout the prison.
  — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
• Police shot the suspect and retrieved his gun.
  — Riley Rourke, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
• Lifeguards retrieved and returned the board to the surfer.
  — Jason Green, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
• Charred corpses are being retrieved from the rubble.
  — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
• Evgenia retrieved the key and opened it.
  — James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
• Blazek helped retrieve the kayak, but was unable to get Ng to safety.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023

retrieve

2 of 2 noun

• Too slow a retrieve gives the fish too much time to shake off.
  — Mark Yuasa, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2017
• One of my favorite ways to fish it is called the yo-yo retrieve.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2021
• Make contact with the rocks on the high bluff sides and then slow your retrieve.
  — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 28 Mar. 2018
• Both are short, fat floaters that wobble down to a foot or two on a steady retrieve.
  — Joe Songer, AL.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• Too fast a retrieve allows the fish leverage to tear off the hooks.
  — Mark Yuasa, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2017
• Cast your frog parallel to the bank, then work it back with a steady retrieve.
  — Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
• But when bass are schooled up and chasing bait, the lure fishes just as well with a fast retrieve.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2023
• Letting the rig sink to the lake bottom and using a slow retrieve has been the key.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, 14 June 2019
• For poppers, stay with a retrieve fast enough to create a V-wake.
  — Steve Culton, Field & Stream, 22 Mar. 2021
• Minnich said the best way to fish it for shallow-water reds is with a steady retrieve.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 17 May 2017
• Only the store-and-retrieve idea can account for this pattern.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2012
• Jod, though, is forced to r=run back and find/retrieve SM-33.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Dec. 2024
• Yes, the retrieve could have been a little smoother, but this is not going to be your finesse reel.
  — Mark Modoski, Field & Stream, 3 Apr. 2017
• Chatterbaits can be fished in different ways that vary based on your retrieve.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
• Cast these downstream at a 45-degree angle with a slow retrieve.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 12 June 2024
• Once the retrieve is ingrained, go on shed hunting hikes through open fields, food plots, and wooded areas.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 26 Nov. 2020
• Anglers that change up the directions of their casts, rigging, and the speed of their retrieve put more fish in the boat.
  — Tom Keer, Field & Stream, 16 June 2020
• An aggressive retrieve might be overkill on a calm surface, but these plugs excel amid riffles and chops.
  — Joe Doggett, Chron, 14 Oct. 2021
• It can easily be adjusted for a right or left-handed retrieve.
  — Outdoor Life, 22 Mar. 2021
• Anglers can see how a fish reacts to a bait, retrieve, and presentation.
  — Chad Morgenthaler, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024
• All of these should be allowed to settle almost to the bottom before the retrieve is begun.
  — Anthony A. Ciuffa, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
• And while a steady retrieve works well enough at times, mixing other retrieves in can be key to scoring more frequently.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 24 Jan. 2021
• If that doesn’t work, or only attracts small fish, let the lure sink from a few inches to a few feet, then begin a jerking retrieve.
  — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 18 June 2020
• Use the same slow stop-and-go retrieve across grassy and rocky points, especially those leading into spawning coves.
  — Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
• That’s not an issue on overcast days or in turbid water, so slow down your retrieve in darker conditions.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 June 2020
• In my experience, the fast retrieve often catches the stripers that turned their noses up at everything else.
  — John Merwin, Field & Stream, 23 Oct. 2019
• If your app stores user data, can someone with basic technical knowledge retrieve records that aren't theirs?
  — Dan Haiem, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Cast to the bank or tight to cover, and either bring it back slow and sultry with a hand-twist retrieve, or strip it in short 1- and 2-inch strips.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 12 Mar. 2020
• The combination of current and the retrieve will create movement that trout can’t resist.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 12 June 2024
• The event featured a big air, extreme vertical, speed retrieve and iron dog competitions.
  — Lindsey Salvatelli, Lake County News-Sun, 8 July 2018