Sentence examples for was maintain from inspiring English sources
verb
To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
All he had needed to do (on paper, at least) was maintain the status quo.
"What we basically did was maintain everything we possibly could," said Jim Lenox, president of Toms River Seaport.
To keep her grant, all that Ms. Leumer had to do was maintain a grade-point average of 3.0 or above — a B or better.
What neither the Afghan government nor the American civilian and military component had the political will to do was maintain the status quo of Islamic courts and allow credible judges to continue to resolve disputes in a locally accepted manner.
With regular exercise, all I could do was maintain my then "post-pregnancy weight".
Phil Jackson's triangle may have been boring and at times painfully basic, but the one thing it always did was maintain floor balance and spacing.
But decorum was maintained.
Regional stability was maintained.
But the peace was maintained.
Nothing was maintained or mended.
