Sentence examples for could not retain from inspiring English sources

He could not retain the heart ace and three spades.

He could not retain the club jack and four diamonds.

"I could not retain my anger or temper.

But West could not retain three spades and two hearts, including the hypothetical heart king.

"This surgeon had visual-spatial abnormalities, could not do fine motor movements, could not retain information, and his verbal I.Q. was much lower than you'd expect".

The standard interpretation is that H.M. was able to acquire and improve motor skills, even though he could not retain knowledge of facts.

She couldn't retain her memories.

Soon, the tech events were ruled by obscure specialists with names I couldn't retain and an appeal I couldn't see.

One of Strauss's most child-friendly works, it still couldn't retain attention at the end of a long concert with no break.

He said fees commanded for City Link's work were falling and that it "couldn't retain customers at a rate to make it economic to operate".

"We couldn't deal with that and we couldn't retain the ball in key areas of the pitch because of the pressure we were put under, which was disappointing.