Sentence examples for retain grip from inspiring English sources

Arsenal retain grip on third place.

Owl nearly exhausted but retained grip.

Roughened nuptial pads on the male's hands aid in retaining grip.

Can John Lewis retain its grip on the nation's heartstrings?

That allows them to manipulate prices, and to retain their grip on the fractious OPEC cartel.

The fossil fuel companies, meanwhile, retain a grip on their so-called "social licence to operate".

They are simply self-interested factions trying, by any measure possible, to retain their grip on power.

The boids use the same technique for detecting warm prey, but after striking they retain the grip, killing by constriction.

The election will see the separatist Bloc Québécois retain its grip on the province's expanded anti-Liberal vote.

But the party is also determined to retain a grip on the selection of the next generation of MPs.

Now the Republicans are delivering payback, trying to retain their grip even as population growth soars in its transplant-rich cities.