Example Sentences

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Those crimes, and their concomitant defenses, retint the story with outrage.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2022

Trente-six aspres valent un ducat de Venise; mais sur les cinq mille le trésorier qui les délivra en retint dix par cent pour droits de sa charge.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard

I might as well try to improve the deep beautiful colors of the morning glory, or try to retint the lily with more beautiful white.

From Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep by Hunter, William Crosbie

Il m'invita un jour a diner a son club et au moment de me faire asseoir a cote de lui, il me retint et me dit: 'Je voudrais vous demander de m'accorder quelque chose.

From Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I might as well try to improve the deep beautiful colors of the morning-glory, or try to retint the lily with a more beautiful white.

From Think A Book for To-day by Hunter, Col. Wm. C.