PRESERVE in a Sentence
Learn PRESERVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
251 example sentences for PRESERVE, such as:
1. It was worth an effort to preserve it.
2. We must preserve our natural resources.
3. Efforts to preserve the peace have failed.
4. We need to preserve the element of surprise.
5. Bad driving is not just the preserve of boy racers.
2. We must preserve our natural resources.
3. Efforts to preserve the peace have failed.
4. We need to preserve the element of surprise.
5. Bad driving is not just the preserve of boy racers.
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Meanings and Examples of PRESERVE
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preserve
v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
n. a reservation where animals are protected
Classic Sentence: (198 in 14 pages)
1 They all preserve, however, the common characteristics of barrenness, inhospitality, and misery.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2 Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health.
3 I have heard from Miss Louisa that you still preserve that bottle.
4 But I touch him up with you when he comes it too strong, and so we preserve an understanding.
5 And yet he was powerless to preserve his privacy; he was a hired man, and these people were his masters.
6 Wrapped up carefully to preserve it from damage and dry-rot was the old family cradle, of rosewood.
7 Here it is; I would not burn it, because being even then very little satisfied with Mr Elliot, I was determined to preserve every document of former intimacy.
8 His fervid nature could not afford to relinquish one of these, though two of the three were as many as he could hope to preserve.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
9 Moreover, it had become a religion with him to preserve in good condition all that had lapsed from his mother's hands to his own.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
10 I keep it only to safeguard myself, and to preserve a weapon which will always secure me from any steps which he might take in the future.
11 It was worth an effort to preserve it.
12 I was determined to preserve my disguise as long as possible, and hence my preference for a dirty face.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
13 I knew that none had fallen since the evening before, and also that there had been a strong frost to preserve impressions.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
14 No, no, we will preserve them upon our list of suspects.
15 You are at liberty to preserve your secret, but you must promise me that there shall be no more nightly visits, no more doings which are kept from my knowledge.
Example Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1 Their main job is to preserve health rather than treat illness.
2 To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom.
3 Bad driving is not just the preserve of boy racers.
4 We want to preserve the character of the town while improving the facilities.
5 The Red Cross's primary concern is to preserve and protect human life.
6 To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all.
7 We have taken effective measures to preserve our natural resources.
8 We walked quietly up to the door to preserve the element of surprise.
9 We need to preserve the element of surprise.
10 We must encourage the planting of new trees and preserve our existing woodlands.
11 He and his wife finally had to move from their apartment just to preserve their sanity.
12 To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.
13 We must preserve our natural resources.
14 Most countries try to preserve their international credit rating in order to secure necessary loans.
15 Efforts to preserve the peace have failed.