Examples of 'wanted to maintain' in a sentence

Meaning of "wanted to maintain"

wanted to maintain - Expresses the desire or intention to preserve or keep something in its current state or condition. It implies the need to prevent or avoid any changes or disruptions that could alter the existing status quo

How to use "wanted to maintain" in a sentence

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wanted to maintain
Because he still wanted to maintain that sound.
He wanted to maintain the respect of his fans.
Was this the same consistency he wanted to maintain.
She wanted to maintain her independent life.
They had a certain image he wanted to maintain.
I thought he wanted to maintain the temperature balance.
Clinton replied no because she wanted to maintain privacy.
They wanted to maintain unity with them.
This was something she wanted to maintain.
I assumed she wanted to maintain a professional distance.
How different from the rich young ruler who wanted to maintain his wealth.
I wanted to maintain my ownership of my own novel.
The government wanted to maintain order.
I wanted to maintain the emotional connection.
He could not show weakness if he wanted to maintain his position as hordechief.

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He wanted to maintain a good impression before his master.
This visible community absolutely wanted to maintain the invisibility of its participants.
I wanted to maintain that feeling for as long as possible.
It was however noted that they wanted to maintain secrecy about their formulas.
We wanted to maintain our technological superiority.
The first question asked if the islanders wanted to maintain their current status.
Washington wanted to maintain complete secrecy of their destination.
He also worked out with a trainer and wanted to maintain the new weight.
France wanted to maintain the integrity of its territory.
Over the computing industry as they IBM wanted to maintain control.
You said you wanted to maintain radio silence.
This gave me time to adjust and to see if I wanted to maintain the change.
You say you wanted to maintain the ghetto.
Mr Sepi had the impression that all stakeholders wanted to maintain the mandate.
You wanted to maintain your cover.
Kaunda was wary of Communist involvement and wanted to maintain friendly ties with Britain.
Wanted to maintain a certain image of luxury.
Maybe he wanted to maintain it.
By his intention to integrate Calvary and that I wanted to maintain a presence.
I always wanted to maintain that mystery for myself.
So I did a tremendous amount of hiking because I wanted to maintain strength and maintain stamina.
She wanted to maintain contact with her students.
I have never asked it because I wanted to maintain some sort of dignity.
I just wanted to maintain some kind of base mileage.
They became known as Unionists because they wanted to maintain the Parliamentary Union with Britain.
He wanted to maintain control and to receive the glory.
That was because I wanted to maintain your dignity.
He wanted to maintain the relationship pure.
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz wanted to maintain their momentum.
I wanted to maintain your guests.
As a matter of principle, they wanted to maintain total independence.
They wanted to maintain the status.
There was absolutely no alternative if we wanted to maintain our dignity ad self-respect.
He wanted to maintain a low profile.
In other words, they wanted to maintain some control.

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