Retain in a sentence?

Answer:
When I have cooked the stew I leave the saucepan lid on as it helps retain the heat until I serve it.

They cancelled the booking and became upset when I told them I was going to retain the deposit.

I built a chicken wire fence to retain the chickens in the coop.

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