Example Sentences

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“I give you the property, and I say, ‘If there’s valuable rocks under there, I am retaining my interest in it.’”

From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2019

I am retaining the latter, but do not think I shall use it.

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.

I see no reason for the change, and am retaining the original spelling.

From Swiss Family Robinson by Wyss, Johann David

That is why I am retaining the papers.

From Beyond the City by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir