Thesaurus / retain
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Let stand until morning in a warm place or in a covered bread pan well wrapped to retain the heat.
CIVIC LEAGUE COOK BOOKANONYMOUS
Mrs. Bowse's boarders and his hall bedroom had helped him to retain some hold over actual existence.
T. TEMBAROMFRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
Some nobles made terms whereby they were allowed to retain their estates, but the majority of them opposed the conquerors.
A HISTORY OF SPAINCHARLES E. CHAPMAN
Grotait's cheek reddened with anger at this rebuff, and it cost him an effort to retain his friendly intentions.
PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACECHARLES READE
I rejoiceas I told the senate when they offered me four million sestercesto serve Csar and retain my poverty.
DARKNESS AND DAWNFREDERIC W. FARRAR
By a lien is meant the right of the bailee to retain possession until the value of his labor or material has been received.
Sometimes the bodies of people who are struck are as stiff as iron and retain their stiffness.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGCAMILLE FLAMMARION
At her shrine he offered his devotions in the twelfth century, when he says, "She seemed still to retain her miraculous powers."
CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE INSANE IN THE BRITISH ISLESDANIEL HACK TUKE
Let them live in safety, let them retain all that Cassius possessed.
THE EIGHTEEN CHRISTIAN CENTURIESJAMES WHITE
The crosse, usually held in both hands, is made to retain the ball by an ingenious rocking motion only acquired by practice.
WORDS RELATED TO RETAIN
- add to payroll
- appoint
- authorize
- book
- bring in
- bring on board
- carry
- charter
- contract for
- delegate
- draft
- employ
- empower
- engage
- enlist
- exploit
- fill a position
- find help
- give a break
- give job to
- give work
- ink
- lease
- let
- make use of
- obtain
- occupy
- pick
- place
- pledge
- procure
- promise
- put on
- put to work
- rent
- retain
- secure
- select
- sign on
- sign up
- sublease
- sublet
- take on
- truck with
- utilize
- add to payroll
- appoint
- authorize
- book
- bring in
- bring on board
- carry
- charter
- contract for
- delegate
- draft
- employ
- empower
- engage
- enlist
- exploit
- fill a position
- find help
- give a break
- give job to
- give work
- ink
- lease
- let
- make use of
- obtain
- occupy
- pick
- place
- pledge
- procure
- promise
- put on
- put to work
- rent
- retain
- secure
- select
- sign on
- sign up
- sublease
- sublet
- take on
- truck with
- utilize
- adhere
- arrest
- bind
- bottle up
- carry
- catch
- check
- cherish
- clasp
- cleave
- clench
- clinch
- cling
- clutch
- confine
- contain
- cork up
- cradle
- detain
- embrace
- enclose
- enjoy
- fondle
- freeze to
- grip
- handle
- hang on
- have
- hug
- imprison
- keep
- keep close
- keep out
- lock up
- maintain
- not let go
- nourish
- occupy
- own
- palm
- possess
- press
- put a lock on
- restrain
- retain
- secure
- seize
- squeeze
- stay put
- stick
- take
- trammel
- vise
- wield
- withhold
- wring
- adhere
- arrest
- bind
- bottle up
- carry
- catch
- check
- cherish
- clasp
- cleave
- clench
- clinch
- cling
- clutch
- confine
- contain
- cork up
- cradle
- detain
- embrace
- enclose
- enjoy
- fondle
- freeze to
- grip
- handle
- hang on
- have
- hug
- imprison
- keep
- keep close
- keep out
- lock up
- maintain
- not let go
- nourish
- occupy
- own
- palm
- possess
- press
- put a lock on
- restrain
- retain
- secure
- seize
- squeeze
- stay put
- stick
- take
- trammel
- vise
- wield
- withhold
- wring
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.