Sentence examples for maintain for himself from inspiring English sources

It showed that he had confidence in what he trusted (the hard case) to protect what he needed (the fragile violin) in order to maintain for himself some small place in which he could be a what?

Saltz assessed the picture as far beneath the standards of originality that Leonardo maintained for himself — not so much that the master didn't create it but that he wouldn't have.

"I took the offer to retire in 2001 mainly because they were protecting health care benefits," said Edward Beltram, 58, a former Lucent human resources manager who lives in Woodland Park, Colo., and must now pay $375 more a month to maintain coverage for himself and his wife.

I maintain, for me, this was pure pleasure".

"A paper ticket is a piece of flexibility you can maintain for yourself".

So they wind up living in a speculative bubble, an illusion they maintain for one another.

It was a hobby that Larkin would maintain for the next three decades.

It could maintain for a certain period.

That would present a tortuous front for a family to maintain for so many years.

Improvements in child confidence were maintained for all families (eg, "[my son] is more confident in himself and I feel the change he has made will be forever").

The improvement was maintained for six months.