How to use "retired" in a sentence

The stranger explained in great detail how he used to work for the government in foreign countries and that, now he was retired, he wanted to move to South America with his wife and daughter

After he retired about ten years ago, he was still a young man, fifty-three, and he needed something else to occupy his time

Or maybe he never actually retired at all

During their periodic breaks from the gaming tables, nursing stiff necks and sore shoulders and leaden arms, the weary dealers retired to a combination lounge and locker room at the bottom - and to the right - of the escalator