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'preserve' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'preserve' with 14 example sentences.


preserve verb

: keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

: keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

: to keep up and reserve for personal or special use

: prevent (food) from rotting

: maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger

: keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing

preserve noun

: a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone

: a reservation where animals are protected

: fruit preserved by cooking with sugar


  • We have to preserve our natural resources.
  • The Pantheon is one of Rome's best preserved ancient buildings.
  • Good traditions should be preserved.
  • A group started a campaign to preserve rain forests.
  • Refrigerators help to preserve food.
  • They're trying to preserve the status quo, not to improve.
  • Salt helps to preserve food from decay.
  • We must fight to preserve our civil rights.
  • Preserves must be stored in a jar with an airtight seal.
  • A fund was set up to preserve endangered marine life.
  • I want to help Native Americans to preserve their languages.
  • In case I don't survive, preserve my brain.
  • Amber preserves insects that get trapped in it.
  • Beth has preserved her good looks.
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