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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 retrieve can be lengthened by letting the fly drift downcurrent before retrieving.
    — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 24 Oct. 2021
  • As retrieve requests are forwarded, so are the responses backward along the path, allowing nodes to cache the chunks.
    — Viktor Trón, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • These networks connect to a deep-brain structure called the hippocampus, which helps form, index and retrieve memories.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Large arbor for speedy line retrieve with customizable flat back surface for compatible decals.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Guide Quality Most guides have inserts or rings that provide a very smooth surface for the line in order to prevent friction and chafing during casts and retrieves.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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

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