retreating figure
Frequency: 4.51.2 per million words
A person's shape or silhouette seen moving away.
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Examples (10)
- He watched the retreating figure disappear into the fog.
- The detective followed the faint trail of the retreating figure.
- She caught a glimpse of a retreating figure in the distance.
- The old man sighed as he saw the retreating figure of his son.
- A lone retreating figure walked slowly down the long road.
- Through the rain-streaked window, he could barely make out a retreating figure.
- The artist captured the melancholy of a retreating figure in his painting.
- We saw a mysterious retreating figure vanish around the corner.
- The child waved goodbye to the retreating figure of her grandmother.
- His last memory was the blurred image of her retreating figure.