How to Use maintain in a Sentence

maintain

verb

• The pilot was struggling to maintain control of the aircraft.
• He has found it difficult to maintain a healthy weight.
• It was obvious that the house had been poorly maintained.
• She was finding it hard to maintain her balance.
• The police say that they will do whatever is necessary to maintain law and order.
• The company has done a poor job of maintaining its computer network.
• It's difficult to maintain a correspondence when we're both so busy.
• She still maintains a close relationship with her college roommate.
• They have always maintained high standards of professional conduct.
• No one said the heart of the home was easy to maintain!
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 28 Apr. 2023
• But the British southpaw will have to maintain that for all 12 rounds.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 8 May 2021
• Some years back, the roads running through it were closed due to the city’s lack of funds to maintain them.
  — Hartford Courant, 8 Dec. 2022
• The unions maintained that a 30-year plan puts pension funds at greater risk over the long run.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2023
• To have curly hair means having to maintain it, and that's not an easy task.
  — Larry Stansbury, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2022
• Keep the soil moist, maintain a light mulch and check the soil acidity.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Mar. 2021
• But to do that, Democrats will need to maintain all of their current 47 seats and gain four more.
  — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2020
• Honing steels help to maintain the edge of a knife rather than sharpen the blade.
  — Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• The long-term plan is to maintain the park as a passive space for the neighborhood.
  — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 17 Dec. 2022
• On the cusp of the final, Hudson was able to maintain perspective about the freak event.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
• On the least healthy bushes, maintain foliage and deadhead just the bloom.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2020
• To maintain peace, the groups trade young children, and their rivals raise them as their own.
  — Gary Levin, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2020
• Such fly-by-wire design should make the Volar simpler to fly and maintain.
  — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2022
• This ensured that the hair would maintain its body throughout the entire day and night.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Oct. 2017
• The state does not maintain a list of free testing sites, Minnick said.
  — Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2020
• The Fever couldn’t maintain their lead, however, as the Aces went on a 7-0 run to take a commanding lead at the end of the game.
  — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2023
• Aim to always maintain a 3- to 4-inch-thick layer of mulch.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer.
  — Bonnie Morales, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
• The 2022 series runner-up maintained his lead after the final pit stops of the night.
  — Julian Basena, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
• The aim was to maintain and build James’s lean muscle mass while dropping some weight.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2022
• The group maintains a tracker on its Facebook page as well.
  — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 28 Apr 2024