How to Use retain in a Sentence

retain

verb

• The team failed to retain him, and he became a free agent.
• A landlord may retain part of your deposit if you break the lease.
• You will retain your rights as a citizen.
• They have decided to retain a firm to conduct a survey.
• You may need to retain an attorney.
• The company's goal is to attract and retain good employees.
• They insisted on retaining old customs.
• The TV show has retained its popularity for many years.
• Child victims of the past must retain the same rights as victims in the future.
  — Kyle Dillon Hertz, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
• The new big ask may be to raise the finance to retain total IP on higher end movies.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
• Your parents will retain more access to you than any one of you thinks.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• The shoe has long retained its ties to childhood, to the point that many ditch them out of fear of being juvenile.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2023
• The latest version appears to retain strong support from those who wrote the first draft.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• This improves the quality of the soil, enabling it to retain moisture.
  — Julia Shipley, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2024
• After washing, the fabric retained its silky-smooth look and feel.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
• Paris’ oldest food market dates back to 1615 and retains much of its old-school charm today.
  — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2023
• But the winner is Hawaiian Airlines, which retains its No. 1 spot from last year.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
• Linda Bloss-Baum has been added to the board and retained as government affairs lead.
  — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2024
• But those shifts have been more subtle in Huntington Beach, and the city has retained its rightward lean.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
• Yet rock as a cluster of signifiers retains its power around the world.
  — Dan Brooks, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• Use the cleansing oils on the scalp 2-3 times a week for both nourishment and retaining the healthy bacteria on the scalp.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Oct. 2023
• Greg was told that he was being removed from the board (but was vital to the company and would retain his role) and that Sam had been fired.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
• In the years that followed, the couple raised three children and retained a deep devotion to each other.
  — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• The formula is stain-blocking and designed to retain the paint's shine while repelling dirt and scuff marks.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Oct. 2023
• After a spate of bad reviews for its new vegan menu, the famed Eleven Madison Park retained its three stars last year and did the same in 2023.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 7 Nov. 2023
• The sand retained pockets of water, which farmers tapped during the dry season via four-foot-deep wells dug upstream of the drift.
  — WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023
• That said, looking to the pricing of models from big brands is a good measure of what’s retaining value in the market.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
• His goal was to turn the Ultima into a civilized street car yet retain its prowess on the track.
  — Larry Webster, Car and Driver, 5 Aug. 2023
• The chances of them retaining any of this information are very slim, but, hey, so were the chances of these two crazy kids finding each other in the first place, right?
  — Eddie Small, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
• The process also retains more nutrients and extends shelf-life.
  — Nicole Papantoniou, goodhousekeeping.com, 7 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024