Below you will find example sentences with "retain power". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Retain Power in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: retain
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.5 words

Words in this phrase

retain power

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • retain can mean: Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop. Frequent word
  • power can mean: The ability to do or undergo something. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

able to retain power at the 1× apc to retain power 1× bid to retain power to rest 1× campaign to retain power malawi s 1× can congress retain power and buck 1× capacity to retain power and deliver 1× coffers to retain power 1× congress could retain power in chhattisgarh 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a successful military 1× addressing delegates at 1× because central campus 1× exit polls aired 1× featuring on a 1× guaido said that 1×

Common sentence endings:

to retain power 3× a great dissembler 1× a neighboring country 1× and charging centers 1× and its allies 1× buck the trend 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

party 8× election 4× president 4× expected 2× addressing 2× new 2× leader 2× bawumia 2× union 2× congress 2× apc 2× failed 2×

Related phrases

purchasing power power plants power plant power grid nuclear power solar power power rangers power supply wind power power factor

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around retain:

retain ownership 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

retain ownership retail trade retail stores retail sales retail parks retail park

Just after it in the phrase index:

retaliatory tariffs retired numbers retirement accounts retirement age retirement benefits retirement savings

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

retain ownership

Same ending:

purchasing power nuclear power solar power wind power electric power electrical power

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "retain power" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as able to retain power at the, apc to retain power, party, election and president stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with purchasing power, power plants, power plant and retain ownership, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with retain power

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Rajasthan Election Result 2023 Live Updates: Can Congress retain power and buck the trend? (14 words)

If they form another party, how are they going to retain power in the North? (15 words)

Having failed to reconcile and put their house in order, their party failed to retain power. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

With BN expected to largely retain votes in Sabah and Sarawak, and garner the rural Malay vote, it would be able to retain power at the 14th general election that is expected to be called within months, said Datuk Seri Azman. (41 words)

Featuring on a guest forum of Oyo State Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ibadan, the three term Senator said with Tinubu on the ballot, the coast is clear for APC to retain power. (37 words)

In his campaign to retain power, Malawi’s first president Hastings Kamuzu Banda was so aged that in the campaign trail, he could deliver a speech for some time, and forget what he was really doing. (36 words)

Question examples

Rajasthan Election Result 2023 Live Updates: Can Congress retain power and buck the trend? (14 words)

If they form another party, how are they going to retain power in the North? (15 words)

Example sentences (20)

With BN expected to largely retain votes in Sabah and Sarawak, and garner the rural Malay vote, it would be able to retain power at the 14th general election that is expected to be called within months, said Datuk Seri Azman.

Addressing delegates at the outdooring ceremony of the new leader, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, he said he is confident that Dr Bawumia is capable of leading the party to retain power in the 2024 election.

Because central campus tends to retain power during widespread outages, UC Davis generally like the ARC Ballroom, Shields Library and the Memorial Union as warming and charging centers.

Exit polls aired by major television networks Thursday predicted that the Congress could retain power in Chhattisgarh and oust the BRS from government in Telangana.

Featuring on a guest forum of Oyo State Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ibadan, the three term Senator said with Tinubu on the ballot, the coast is clear for APC to retain power.

Having failed to reconcile and put their house in order, their party failed to retain power.

Rajasthan Election Result 2023 Live Updates: Can Congress retain power and buck the trend?

The US debate include whether President Vladimir Putin would retain power and whether control of Russia's nuclear weapons would be affected.

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And while the party and Ramaphosa may drag their feet in addressing many issues, there are some big changes they are eager to sink their teeth in should they retain power next month.

Instead of analyzing the fundamental reasons for their inability to retain power or provide helpful feedback, they have opted to blame a neighboring country.

Longtime Liberal Mayor Carmelo Pesce is facing opposition from party colleagues who want a new leader should the party retain power.

Machiavelli argued that rulers should do whatever it takes to retain power, and this could include “being a great dissembler”.

If the court rules on rerun, the cost would be more than the expenditure for the main election because the ruling party would empty the coffers to retain power.

In his campaign to retain power, Malawi’s first president Hastings Kamuzu Banda was so aged that in the campaign trail, he could deliver a speech for some time, and forget what he was really doing.

According to the President, it is important for the APC leaders to institutionalise the party to ensure it has the capacity to retain power and deliver the dividends of democracy to Nigerians.

A successful military operation could bolster Netanyahu as he seeks to retain power — especially if he is indicted on corruption charges.

Guaido said that “What the regime said, that they retain power over the armed forces, is false.

If they form another party, how are they going to retain power in the North?

In a 72-hour stretch this week, President Donald Trump went a long way toward putting two looming threats to his bid to retain power to rest.

Maduro has managed to retain power despite Guaido being supported by the United States and its allies.

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