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Example sentences for "keep their"

  • Of course we can't keep their coats so bright as in other stables, by reason of the rolling; but we can keep 'em pretty clean.

  • But cats scratch the wall to keep their claws in order, just as tigers and leopards do.

  • Secondly, so long as member banks are free to keep their balances in banking institutions other than their reserve banks, an excess of notes would not necessarily cause the general cash holdings of reserve banks to be abnormally large.

  • They would prefer to keep their territory, and that we should keep our money; as I prefer we should keep our money, and they their territory.

  • It is the true wisdom of these governments to keep their action as distinct as possible.

  • These causes alone enable American ships still to keep their element, and show the flag of their country in distant seas.

  • It will then be for the Ministers to decide whether they can with honour keep their places.

  • Their orders were to keep their ground, and not engage till they should see a red coat lifted up on the point of a spear from the other wing, where the king fought in person.

  • And this he thought sufficient to keep their bodies in good health and strength; superfluities they were better without.

  • The privates also were allowed to keep their horses, for as Grant said, " they would need them for their spring ploughing.

  • They spoke of the hardships they had endured, of the blood they had poured forth to keep their freedom in their new found homes, upon the edge of the wilderness.

  • The officers were allowed to keep their swords, their horses and belongings.

  • The standard for politeness here was high and gentlemen were expected to keep their tempers.

  • The policy of Charles II was to allow Quakers to meet undisturbed, to keep their hats on before magistrates, and to not come to the parish church.

  • His burghers had also insisted on being allowed to keep their arms, and on the use of their language in schools and Courts of Justice, both of which conditions were refused by the British proposal.

  • Rheeder; and the burghers were equally determined to keep their independence.

  • And so they always manage to keep their homes of exactly the proper size.

  • But for the same reason they are very clumsy upon dry ground, and waddle along in the most awkward way, seeming to find it very difficult to keep their balance.

  • NEWTS All through their lives newts keep their tails, instead of losing them when they cease to be tadpoles.

  • LVIII And if he brings to end the former feat, But afterwards the next unfinished leaves, They kill him, and as slaves his following treat, Condemned to delve their land or keep their beeves.

  • For awhile the Hansa were able to keep their rivals in check, worrying them by piracy on the one hand, and insisting on their ancient claims and trade rights on the other.

  • In the midst of such apathy and ignorance it was a real piece of good fortune for Germany that, at any rate, the three cities of Luebeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, were allowed to keep their independence.

  • He had made himself too much hated, and even those who promised aid failed at the last to keep their word.

  • A panic under such circumstances would have been terrible, but the way the people responded to the desire of Mr Bradlaugh to keep their seats, and to keep quiet until all was put right, was extraordinary.

  • The Mayor commanded the police to keep their eyes on the persons guilty of such manifestations, and to take them into custody if necessary.

  • He told the people that the gas would be relighted as soon as possible, and entreated the people to keep their seats.

  • In some of the cars the passengers could yet be seen, while on the top of one car, loosened from the rest, were two men struggling desperately to keep their hold as it rolled from side to side.

  • People found it difficult to keep their feet.

  • Kircher, who was near at the time, tells how he and his companions, unable to keep their feet, during the violent earthquake, lay upon the ground till the paroxysms were somewhat abated.

  • The sentinels were stamping their feet in the almost vain endeavour to keep their blood in circulation.

  • As it is, the Government is obliged to do its utmost to keep their courage up to the sticking point.

  • The Prussians are a long way from their homes; if the provinces rise it will be difficult for them to keep their lines of communication open, and to feed their troops.

  • But the prosecution failed to keep their word, and deputy Dave Oswald of the Pacific Hardware Company, who during the various deportations tried to have the I.

  • The Law strips no one of his possessions; under its beneficent reign the rich retain their wealth and the poor keep their poverty.

  • Faith in agreements had gotten in its deadly work; the shingle weavers believed that the employers meant to keep their word.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "keep their" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    displaced persons; gone from; high road; just west; keep awake; keep back; keep close; keep company; keep cool; keep his; keep myself; keep order; keep ourselves; keep quiet; keep silence; keep still; keep stirring; keep them from burning; keep together; keep track; keep warm; keep well; keeps well; physical science; shell fish; stiff brush