Synonym: bashful, distant, modest, reserved, restrained, shy, timid. Similar words: tiring, retire, retired, retirement, firing, stirring, aspiring, admiring. Meaning: [rɪ'tɪərɪŋ] 
adj. 1. moving toward a position farther from the front 2. not arrogant or presuming 3. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office 4. reluctant to draw attention to yourself.
adj. 1. moving toward a position farther from the front 2. not arrogant or presuming 3. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office 4. reluctant to draw attention to yourself. 
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61. After retiring the jury returned with a notice asking whether the co-defendant was charged with gross indecency with the appellant only.
62. They lived and farmed in Latona Township until retiring in 1993 and moving into Adams.
63. Kolodziejczyk said that, at 52, he was far from retiring age.
64. Fred Gustavson,[http://sentencedict.com/retiring.html] who commanded submarines here before retiring the day after the Salt Lake City incident.
65. He would welcome the chance of retiring to his yachts.
66. Even the middle-ranking provincial posts continued to attract humbler noblemen who often took them up after retiring from the army.
67. That situation is expected to continue until about 2012, when the baby boomers begin retiring.
68. I know that he is retiring, but he need not be too sensitive.
69. Despite his lineage and academic qualifications, Denholm was modest and retiring to a fault.
70. The experience often leads to depression and serious illness; indeed many people die shortly after retiring.
71. Lord Edwards is retiring after an unblemished career that has lasted thirty years.
72. In 1952 he was elected assistant divisional organizer for division no. 25, retiring in June 1961.
73. The national speed limit outlasted its provocation by a decade(sentencedict.com), one of the arguments for retiring it.
74. Local boys Hong Kong made good their pledge to bring home the bacon for retiring coach Jim Rowark.
75. She was a shy, retiring girl who had been brought up in a convent school after being abandoned as a baby.
76. Of an extremely retiring disposition, he did not take an active part in public affairs.
77. His signing to fight Larry Holmes, after retiring a second time, provoked worried comment.
78. His father also worked there as a maintenance man, retiring after 51 years service.
79. For a start, those retiring today are better off financially than any previous generation.
80. The Health Authority had a policy of retiring people when they reached the state retirement age.
81. By strange coincidence, two retiring Prime Ministers stayed at Chiswick House prior to their death, each at the age of fifty-seven.
82. After retiring, he remained active in educational programs at the laboratory.
83. To enable a business to buy in the shares of retiring directors or other shareholders who wish to realise their holding.
84. Deciding where to live Of course one of the most crucial decisions to make when retiring alone is where to live.
85. Some ask him to pose for pictures, others kid him about retiring.
86. Bowing out: Myrtle Milner is retiring as postmistress in the village of Wharram-le-Street, near Malton.
87. In his report, the Chairman Reg Simmons thanked the retiring committee for all the work they had done.
88. The couple were wined and dined before retiring to a plush suite for Valentine's night.
89. They didn't even bother with the formality of retiring to consider the case.
90. After retiring, he became a radio commentator on cricket and rugby and also wrote about both sports for Sunday newspapers.
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