His hand went round her neck, and stopped its retreat.

The soldiers were still closing in, but they did not seem intent on stopping their retreat.

His anger stopped her retreat as his sympathy never would have.

The name caught Jake's attention, and he quickly stopped his retreat.

I hope you didn't come to make a withdrawal," he said, stopping their retreat.

I planted my right foot against the top of his head, stopping his retreat.

His free hand reached out, pressed her hip and stopped her retreat.

That the other ship had stopped its retreat at four hundred miles was encouraging.

It started to twist away, but then the wall opposite the doorway stopped its retreat.

A couple more strides, and a wall of the cage would stop her retreat.