"retain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Given the choice between coming home in disgrace barely retaining his own Duchy-and winning himself a Kingdom, it could have been an easy decision.
- It wasn't close by; he could barely retain a sense of its presence.
- I swung out again, barely retaining grip with both hands.
- I barely retained the presence to wonder what had happened.
- He would face Wright again for a third time, just barely retaining his seat.
- Most people are barely retaining their sanity, let alone returning to work.
- He remembered nothing about the last four months, and barely retained what he was told from one hour to the next.
- The android was almost drained of energy, barely retaining enough to stay airborne.
- He struck the logs of the bridge heavily, barely retaining his balance on the edge of the span.
- Smith barely retained his seat as the at-large candidate, receiving the fourth largest number of votes.
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