Retained

Examples

• He has, however, retained some degree of self-respect, he continued, disregarding my remonstrance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Richard sagaciously saw, as Jussieu observes, that this genus should still be retained among the Malpighiaceae. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• After all, Watson, said Holmes, reaching up his hand for his clay pipe, I am not retained by the police to supply their deficiencies. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The sick man drew a hand of his old fellow-prisoner towards him, and pressing it affectionately between both his own, retained it in his grasp. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Blake and Fromentin were able to reproduce in picture s scenes long retained in memory. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• How Heat is Distributed, Retained, and Moistened. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Smooth-bore cannon and mortars of cast-iron and bronze are still retained in some fortresses, though rifled cannon are the only type now made. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But he still retained my hand, and I could not free it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Not at all, retained the ancient clerk. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The black, too, was unconscious, while I, myself, retained my senses, I think, only by sheer will. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I am retained in that, am I? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Davy was elected President of the Royal Society in 1820, and retained that dignity till he felt compelled by ill health to relinquish it in 18 27. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He closed his eyes, but still retained his hold; for, in the gates of eternity, the black hand and the white hold each other with an equal clasp. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But this instinct retained by our chickens has become useless under domestication, for the mother-hen has almost lost by disuse the power of flight. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• We have retained these things for some days, said Holmes, because we expected to see an advertisement from you giving your address. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Selden had retained her hand, and continued to scrutinize her with a strange sense of foreboding. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Gold had been retained only for international trade, and every government had produced excessive quantities of paper money for domestic use. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• What is called gross profit, comprehends frequently not only this surplus, but what is retained for compensating such extraordinary losses. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• These relative positions were retained during the entire day, or until the enemy was driven from the field. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He took her outstretched hand, and retained it in his. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It must have been he who wore those boots and retained the missing gems. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• An organ might, also, be retained for one alone of its former functions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Most of the lines were uninjured, and retained their original size and thickness. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• These men were from the South, and I have always retained a soft spot in my heart for a Southern gentleman. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A jagged stone was lying among the moss, and this also he carefully examined and retained. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But although the bodily powers of the great man were thus impaired, his mental energies retained their pristine vigour. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Dorothea, with all her eagerness to know the truths of life, retained very childlike ideas about marriage. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was necessary, in the first place, that the loaded chambers should be brought into an exact line with the barrel, and be firmly retained there during the discharge. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The retail use is not required by us; but as our guardian is to be a soldier as well as a philosopher, the military one may be retained. Plato. The Republic.
• He had rejected the plan of using paddles or oars, and also of forcing water out of the stern of the vessel, and had retained the idea of the paddle-wheel. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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