Example Sentences

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The submarine had been maintaining radio silence and was unaware of the events taking place on the surface.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Hiring began in 2016, when Rivian kept on a handful of former Mitsubishi employees who had been maintaining the shuttered factory, but it has accelerated in the last year and a half.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2021

He had been maintaining a low profile for months, granting no press interviews, where any stray comment could have been used to create a wedge between him and Trump.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2018

Second-placed Van Aswegen said the key to his 65 had been maintaining a positive attitude after dropping two shots at his seventh hole.

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2017

You will be able to appreciate the reply of an American Naval officer to an English friend in Italy when each had been maintaining the superiority of his own country.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett)