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Sentence example with the word 'retain'
retain
absorb, cite, engage, hold, keep back, keep out, perpetuate, recall, save, stabilize
Last update: October 30, 2015
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She is trying to
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her place in the hocky team.
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Clay soil
retain
s water.
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He
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ed a lawyer by paying him in advance for his case.
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Why do I struggle to
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a valueless life.
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For them he has no use: I
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them.
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I wish you to
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your post.
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She
retain
ed her consciousness to the very last moment.
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They laid down the crown, and
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ed no aureole.
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Harry still
retain
ed the other.
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