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
• The retired Ford worker has spent the past 30 years building it.
  — Freep.com, 1 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Who would want to kill the retired couple in their own home, let alone so viciously?
  — Kc Baker, People.com, 14 Dec. 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
• Leo has a way with words, a flair for language that endears him to Nancy, a retired high school teacher.
  — Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
• 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
• The investigation gained new life in 2020 after the GBI formed a cold case unit made up of retired agents.
  — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2022
• The labor group consists of nearly 5,000 current and retired teachers, many of whom do not live in D.C.
  — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022
• 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
• The teachers want the district to back off of a proposal to make current and retired teachers pay hundreds more to keep a non-HMO health plan.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2022
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 27 Mar. 2023
• The Teddy Award-winning film centers on a retired Georgian teacher who goes to Istanbul to look for her estranged, transgender niece with the help of a young neighbor.
  — Elaina Patton, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
• The bride was Asma Akhras, born in London to Syrian parents: the father a cardiologist, the mother a retired diplomat.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025