RETAIN in a Sentence

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151 example sentences for RETAIN, such as:

1. I retain a clear memory of those days.
2. Why take dignity to retain a changed heart.
3. You have the right to retain possession of the goods.
4. She has lost her battle to retain control of the company.
5. The renovated buildings retain their traditional character.

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 Meanings and Examples of RETAIN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
retain
 v.  keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
Classic Sentence: (121 in 9 pages)
1  I still retain in my scrap-book numerous clippings and extracts bearing upon the case.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  But, the gramophone asserted, let us retain whatever made that harmony.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
3  Restore them to thy master; or, if he scorns to accept them, retain them, good friend, for thine own use.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
4  But Ivanhoe was too good a Catholic to retain the same class of feelings towards a Jewess.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
5  That will be but blind trust," said the Outlaw; "we will retain thee, Prior, and send them to fetch thy ransom.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
6  The wise and attentive precautions adopted for his safety touched Richard's feelings, and removed any slight grudge which he might retain on account of the deception the Outlaw Captain had practised upon him.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
7  It was possible that you might retain the feelings of the past, as I did; and one encouragement happened to be mine.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
8  Her lover was no longer to her an exciting man whom many women strove for, and herself could only retain by striving with them.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 11 The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
9  Its finder has carried it off, therefore, to fulfil the ultimate destiny of a goose, while I continue to retain the hat of the unknown gentleman who lost his Christmas dinner.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
10  It was finally agreed, however, that he should retain the young Swiss messenger with him as guide and companion while I returned to Meiringen.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
11  I suppose I have a considerable organ of veneration, for I retain yet the sense of admiring awe with which my eyes traced her steps.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
12  I will retain my post of mistress till you get a substitute.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
13  I want a wife: the sole helpmeet I can influence efficiently in life, and retain absolutely till death.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
14  For them he has no use: I retain them.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
15  I shall set out for London next week; and I must give you warning that I feel no disposition to retain Thrushcross Grange beyond the twelve months I agreed to rent it.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
Example Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  The sum ofbehavior is to retain a man's own dignity, without in -truing upon the liberty ofothers.
2  The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others.
3  She has lost her battle to retain control of the company.
4  The renovated buildings retain their traditional character.
5  Why take dignity to retain a changed heart.
6  I retain a clear memory of those days.
7  Native people were allowed to retain some sense of their traditional culture and religion.
8  You have the right to retain possession of the goods.
9  The union needs to retain the allegiance of all its members for the strike to succeed.
10  She will also retain possession of her father's home, and many of his personal effects.
11  The best way to get Pakistan to cooperate is to find the reasons why it is so keen to retain influence in Afghanistan and try to meet its concerns.
12  I read over 100 books a year, and what I retain is usually the general storyline and my impression of the characters.
13  They are also looking into allegations of the illegal transfer of shares that enabled the Chung family to retain management control.
14  Portuguese attempts to colonize Asia were generally unsuccessful, though it did retain major colonies in Africa until the mid-twentieth century.
15  Although surrounded by wild and profligate companions, she nevertheless managed to retain some sense of decency.