How to Use retired in a Sentence

retired

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  • Sure, Naples is still a ritzy hub for the rich and retired.
    Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Arie Itzik, a retired nurse, went back to Nir Oz on Sunday to help with the bodies.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • And with that, the retired Portland Timbers star gave us one of the best sports moments of this, or any, year.
    oregonlive, 17 July 2023
  • The retired school teacher loves it here, and the couple was gifted the house by his parents about 40 years ago.
    Dylan Lovan, ajc, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Bill loves the retired life but wants to meet someone to enjoy his golden years with.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
  • For her part, Browne, the retired teacher who lost $2,000, is still grappling with what happened to her.
    Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2024
  • A day later, Austin revoked the plea deal and relieved retired Brig.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • His wife, Peggy Bahnsen, a retired lieutenant colonel, confirmed the death.
    Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Ellen Goldman, a 72-year-old retired lawyer in Naples, Fla., is looking to downsize.
    Gregory Schmidt, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Of course the retired teachers are outraged at these, uh, bonuses.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Peggy Boso, a retired teacher from White Sulphur Springs, used to babysit at the hotel.
    Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Three seats back sat a retired teacher who knew the Carters through her husband, a minister.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • But many still felt tremors in their beds—including Larry Potts, a 77-year-old retired pastor who lives up the road from the plant.
    By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
  • Stephenson is the retired co-founder and chairman of tech company StarTek .
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Now the retired jeans mogul—best known for cofounding the iconic Guess clothing brand with his brothers Paul.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Her retired son and his family not doing their part has caused a rift between us.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • No cause of death was given, but the retired actress had been battling Alzheimer’s disease, ironic in light of her film role.
    Bruce Haring, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Once on shore, the page said, a retired police officer used his dog’s leash to tie a tourniquet around McKenzie’s bloody leg.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 29 July 2024
  • Captain Terry Johns, the captain of the dinner cruise yacht and a retired member of the Coast Guard, spotted the pup shortly after.
    Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
  • Volodymyr Tarasov, a 66-year-old retired engineer, was drinking a cup of tea in his kitchen on the fourth floor of one apartment building when the rocket hit.
    New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • The retired couple, who started amassing their treasures in the early 2000s, aquired their first paintings from a gallery in Megève.
    The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 11 July 2024
  • The retired investigator lifted a banquet chair and held it in front of him like a shield and ran toward the assailant.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Richard Dalzell, a retired tech executive living in greater Seattle, has skied all over the U.S.
    J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Thirty-seven percent of the city’s pension and retirement costs for this year go to retired cops.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Bob McCormick, 82, a retired real estate agent, was a member of the small group that initially met with Stevens.
    Nicholas Riccardi, ajc, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Today, Reinhard, 58, who is semi-retired, works with his three sons.
    Cathy Jakicic, Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The Oscar-winning actress has been in a Utah court for the last two weeks after Terry Sanderson, a retired optometrist, sued her over a ski crash in 2016.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Her late husband, Donald, was a retired Circuit Court judge.
    Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Brenda Edwards, 70, a retired nurse told the Associated Press that making a move would make no sense.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2024
  • It was won by the main opposition candidate, Edmundo González, a retired diplomat, age 75.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Sep. 2024

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