Examples of 'retained it' in a sentence

Meaning of "retained it"

The phrase 'retained it' suggests that someone has kept or maintained possession of a particular item, skill, knowledge, or quality. It implies that the person has not lost or let go of the mentioned thing or attribute

How to use "retained it" in a sentence

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retained it
His family retained it for three generations.
Those who believed it recited and retained it.
It has retained it in every election since.
He had fantastic glamour for me and he always retained it.
Spain might have retained it quietly for years.
Retained it in his own possession.
It has also retained it normal color.
Griffin undertook some restoration of the castle but retained it as a ruin.
Some have retained it in their home.
This is what happened in reality so we retained it in the film.
You simply retained it in your right hand behind the fingers.
We can only hope that they have retained it in real terms.
He retained it as a dryosaurid.
As a species we have retained it.
They retained it.

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We looked at each other hard while I retained it.
Rebels seized the Palace and retained it as their seat of government.
It was not successful, but they retained it.
They later retained it against Team Canada as well.
Georges Boillot took over the lead and retained it for the next twelve laps.
The winch cable, low fixed sideboards and a low hinged tailboard plus lashings retained it there.
And that is how I have retained it to this day.
Having retained it as long as possible, should then release it through the Sun.
Papua New Guinea won the Gold medal that year and retained it in subsequent games.
Their descendants retained it until the French Revolution.
Münzer rejected infant baptism in theory, but retained it in practice.
Persons acquiring CUKC would have retained it upon a later acquisition of Australian citizenship.
However, my brain actually retained it.
Like the Irish, retained it as a national symbol.
Across the table, he retained it.
But I retained it because it seemed to say:.
However, only a few individuals retained it in the present day.
Retained it by God 's providence.
Under communist rule, the state nationalized and retained it as cultural patrimony.
We recited it, retained it in our memory, and understood it.
Turner took her first husband 's surname, Abdus-Salaam, and retained it during her professional career.
Therefore, he retained it as a variety of B. sphaerocarpa.
Once again, Booker failed to win the title, as JBL retained it.
How it got invested there and how it retained it in a very live, reverberating way.
After the exchange of enclaves in July 2015, Bangladesh retained it as an exclave.
Spanish and Portuguese retained it though, in some specific cases.
The club subsequently won their first Liga title and retained it in 1941.
The shutter 14 is, however, still retained it its safety position by the centrifugal lock 18.
No, I do not think it 's retained it.
Ava named it " Marienruh " and retained it through her life.
It won its first Michelin star in 2006 and retained it until last year.
And the police, I suppose, have retained it for examination? Yes.
Royer gained his PGA Tour card that year and retained it until 1998.
He won the seat back in 1950 and retained it for four more years.
In 2005 Barcelona once again won the La Liga championship, and retained it the following season.

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