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1. retiring
adjective. ['rɪˈtaɪrɪŋ, riːˈtaɪɝɪŋ, riːˈtaɪrɪŋ'] of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office.
Antonyms
Rhymes with Retiring
- uninspiring
- conspiring
- requiring
- perspiring
- inspiring
- expiring
- rehiring
- aspiring
- admiring
- acquiring
- quiring
- wiring
- syring
- meiring
- hiring
- firing
Sentences with retiring
1. Verb, gerund or present participle
Change out of clothing you’ve eaten in before retiring to your tent for the night.
Quotes about retiring
1. I was born in 1949, and by the time I was 10, I figured out that my hope chest was not aimed in the same direction everybody else's was. And that life was going to be very, very complicated. And that I could either be provocative and declamatory, or shy, retiring and scared.
- Dorothy Allison
2. I'm moving on. I should have made that clear when I made the announcement. I guess I wasn't clear. If people think you're leaving a show after all these years, you might be retiring. So I understand where they're coming from, but I should have impressed the fact that I hope I'm just moving on right now.
- Regis Philbin
2. retiring
adjective. ['rɪˈtaɪrɪŋ, riːˈtaɪɝɪŋ, riːˈtaɪrɪŋ'] reluctant to draw attention to yourself.
