This system is already adopted in much of the better paid work: a man occupies a certain position, andretains it even at times when there happens to be very little to do.
Nevertheless, it stillretains much truth; there are still in any capitalist community those who command and those who as a rule obey.
It has been re-backed with leather, but still retains the original boards.
A quantity of useless and some useful knowledge is drilled into the pupil in such a manner that the mind retains nothing that has been put into it.
The wonder is that anybody survives the process and retains his sanity.
The proper situation of any object, when itretains its full force of action, or when it is properly lodged for convenience.
A marsh, or a tract of land, which from its form and impermeable bottom retains stagnant water.
A fall of water or rapid; the word is much used in North America, wherever the nomenclature of the country retains traces of the early French settlers.
There is also a current formed under the lee-counter of a ship when going through the water, whichretains floating objects there, and is fatal to a man, by sucking him under.
A peculiar preparation of cod for the American market, by which it retains a dun or dark yellow colour.
Although the Abbe de Richelieu had, as we have mentioned, departed for Hungary, the Fameuse Comedienne retains him on the stage and makes him play a particularly odious role.
One cheek will appear in a state of health and colour, while the other retains the paleness of death; and, as the individuals change their position, they will exhibit the most extraordinary transformations of colour.
Here writing, the present participle of write, describes myself in my present employment, and yet retains its action as a verb, and terminates on lecture as the thing written.
It is the same word as heave, originally, and retains nearly the same meaning.
However, it may seem to vary in its different positions, it still retains its primitive meaning.
And suppose injustice abiding in a single person, would your wisdom say that she loses or that she retains her natural power?
Plato, like the old painters, retains the traditional form, and like them he has also a vision of a city in the clouds.
Thirdly, we may observe the confusion or identification of the individual and the State, of ethics and politics, which pervades early Greek speculation, and even in modern times retains a certain degree of influence.
And he is to be deemed courageous whose spirit retains in pleasure and in pain the commands of reason about what he ought or ought not to fear?
The ideal of modern times hardly retains the simplicity of the antique; there is not the same originality either in truth or error which characterized the Greeks.
And again, if he is forgetful and retains nothing of what he learns, will he not be an empty vessel?
There are also aquatic Spiders, which feed upon insects in the water and dive down for them; their surface being hairy and unctuous, retains sufficient air to bring them up and prevent them being wetted.
Vomiting in young children proceeds sometimes from too much milk, and sometimes from bad milk, and as often from a moist, loose stomach; for as dryness retains so looseness lets go.
The church has been ravaged by fire and rebuilt, so that it retains but little antiquity: the churchyard, on the other hand, has seen few changes except in the increase of its monuments as time has passed on.
The hand retains its own physical laws, yet is obedient to the human will.
It is impossible to compel a person to do wrong while under the influence, for the subject retains a consciousness of the difference between right and wrong.
The Skjọldungasaga, therefore, properly retainshim as Ingjald's son and omits him as Hroar's son.
In the first instance he substitutes a wolf for the dragon, but otherwise, considering the material he is going to use in the story of the fight with the bear, retains as much as he can of the story as it is in the saga.
Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness.
The adjoining Convent still retains a small figure of St. Augustine sculptured on a corbel on the vault of the first landing.
The soul, by the operation of God, eliminates from the body all the superfluities and evil habits acquired by sin, and retains within itself the purified body, which body thenceforth performs its operations by means of these purified senses.
Goafiord--Eilean Hoan at the entrance to Loch Erriboll still retains the name.
I remember, that, though that not very amiable individual has outlived such wits as he once had, he has not outlived the unbecoming emotions of envy and jealousy; and he retains a strong tendency to evil-speaking and slandering.
The indigenous trees of America, or rather of the Atlantic side of this continent, are remarkable not only for their superior autumnal hues, but also for the shorter period during which the foliage remains on the trees and retains its verdure.
I think of a certain man who, while a smart speech on the other side is being made, retains a countenance expressing actually nothing; he looks as if he heard nothing, felt nothing, cared for nothing.
In 1208 the oldest of the Sienese palaces, the Palazzo Tolomei, was built; although burned by the people on at least two occasions, it still retains not a little of its early mediaeval aspect.
The demon has now taken bodily possession of him, and though he retains the power of utterance and motion, both are under the demon's control, and his separate consciousness is in abeyance.
If he retains these for week-days, he likes a shiny pair for Sundays.
There are domains to be found where people wander at their will, and enjoy themselves as much as they please, and yet the ownerretains every right.
The old age of the literary character retains its enjoyments, and usually its powers--a happiness which accompanies no other.
Professional characters are modified by the change of manners, and are usually national; while the literary character, from the objects in which it concerns itself, retains a more permanent, and necessarily a more independent nature.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "retains" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
