Sentence examples for maintains things from inspiring English sources

That would appear to violate the second law of thermodynamics, which states that entropy, a measure of disorder, rises inexorably unless an outside energy source maintains things in order.

So far, DHS has declined to confirm whether it actually offered him the job —which would not require Senate confirmation — nonetheless, Clarke maintains things are still on track.

"We need support to maintain things," he said.

But the identity of repaired and maintained things is not just a philosophical problem.

He added, "It encouraged them to be more aggressive with strikes" — drone attacks in Yemen and Pakistan — "and even stronger supporters of maintaining things like the Patriot Act".

"I slavishly try to maintain things," said Mr. Purcell, who until he bought a weekend house in Bridgehampton, N.Y., watched the yuletide come in at his Midtown Manhattan apartment.

When it was untended and uncared for, when anything was growing there that could get a foothold, you could argue that it was actually more wild than its current state, where it's being maintained, things are being pulled out and other things are being put in.

"Myopic bureaucrats with their little clipboards cannot maintain things properly.

"The only way you can tell how equipment has been maintained, things like how many hours the tires have left on them, is by crawling under the hood.

Lately, its felt like we were in a catch-22 situation, working hard just to maintain things, even when we gave our best efforts its been difficult to continue to grow the company and help the community the way we have wanted to.

"It has these kind of jujitsu effects, of maintaining things people like in obamacare, for instance not banning participants for having a preexisting condition and people staying on their parents' plan until 26".