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Example sentences for "keep"

Lexicographically close words:
keenest; keening; keenly; keenness; keens; keepe; keeped; keeper; keepers; keepership
  1. But I know that you will not keep it; I shall have it soon again.

  2. Warm leggings and moccasins helped to keep her warm, and she was usually very comfortable.

  3. She was pointing a threatening finger at the stolen cigar, frowning and biting her lips to keep from laughing, as she saw the horrified look on his face.

  4. She took the child to her husband, and received permission to keep her.

  5. It was the children's daily task (or pleasure) to collect sticks and bark to keep this fire going from dusk until bedtime.

  6. One of 'em might be hurt, but if that was so, and the other couldn't get away, the Injins would take him off and keep him.

  7. Keep up a good heart, though there's no telling whether we shall ever meet again.

  8. If he could keep beyond the reach of his pursuers until the setting of the sun, he would throw them off his trail so effectively that they could never recover it.

  9. Evidently he was not afraid of that, if what had preceded it would only keep quiet.

  10. I would give mine to keep trouble from her.

  11. But I must keep it up till the way opens.

  12. Several more were taken, but Jack could not succeed in closing his fingers quickly enough to keep the fish from slipping away.

  13. It took several vigorous swallows to keep down the installment which had descended, while he held the last piece in his hand and surveyed it with doubtful eye.

  14. Such a terrific strain cannot fail to tell upon the most highly trained animal, and so, despite all he could do, the buck found himself unable to keep up his prodigious tension.

  15. Holding his peace (though it was hard to keep down the shout of joy that rose to his lips), he bounded away like a bloodhound in pursuit.

  16. The pipes were laid away, their guns examined, and each placed his weapon alongside of him, as though it was his intimate friend, from whose body he expected to obtain the warmth to keep him comfortable through the night.

  17. He flung out his feet and arms as a child often does with its bed coverings, and adjusted his body so as to keep his eye on the sentinel, without (as the captive believed) any suspicion of his intention.

  18. But I give them to you, daughter, and you may keep or give them away, just as you like.

  19. But how are we going to keep Christmas here on the yacht?

  20. Now, Ned, you surely wouldn't be so cruel as to keep him if he wants to go back to his native woods," said Lucilla.

  21. I have been good to him so far," said Ned, patting and stroking his pet as he spoke, "and I mean to keep on.

  22. Yes," replied Ned, "if you keep on being a good little fellow you shall go there and have a good time playing about and feasting on the fruits, nuts and other nice things.

  23. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee; the Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

  24. It will be better now than later, I think, and not so likely to keep you from getting to sleep in good season to-night.

  25. Woodburn and Sunnyside were to be left in the care of Christine and Alma, with a sufficient number of servants under them to keep everything in order.

  26. No, but most of the time when you are out of bed you keep off the mosquitoes with a fan.

  27. I have no doubt you would," laughed Lucilla, "but I'll do my best to keep out of your hands.

  28. There was one voice that did not quite keep up with the others.

  29. A "clerk" nowadays is a person who is employed in an office to keep accounts, write letters, etc.

  30. Temple Church, with its tombs and figures of armoured knights in brass, remains to keep their memory fresh.

  31. The chief aim which all young writers should keep before them is to say exactly what they mean, and in as few and simple words as possible.

  32. He devoted himself heart and soul to the strengthening of British power in South Africa, and it is fitting that this province should by its name keep his memory fresh.

  33. Many streets keep the names of the old gates, like Ludgate Hill, Aldersgate, Bishopsgate.

  34. We shall see what some of these faults are; but one golden rule can be laid down which, if people keep it, will help them to avoid all these faults.

  35. The great conqueror, Alexander the Great, founded cities in every land he conquered, and their names remain even now to keep his memory alive.

  36. We still keep it, of course, for the steel pens and gold pens of to-day, which we thus literally speak of as feathers.

  37. But we have the original sense of "good temper" in the expression to "keep one's temper.

  38. And so it was quite natural that they should keep their own names too.

  39. Sometimes words keep both the old meaning and the new.

  40. Yet soon we take, O jealous gods, Those gracious caskets once again, Storied with oracles of pain, That keep the spices for the gods.

  41. Passionate pilgrims, do ye keep so fast Your dream of miracles and heights?

  42. Azevedo asserts that they slept but little, and then only on a sofa, when it so happened that they could no longer keep their eyes open.

  43. Out of every ten letters of this kind, nine will allege, as the reason of the writers' importunity, their desire to keep their families in such and such a "station of life.

  44. Though all we made depart, The old commandments stand: "In patience keep your heart, In strength lift up your hand.

  45. You must not mix our Queen with those That wish to keep their people fools; Our freedom's foemen are her foes, She comprehends the race she rules.

  46. Service NOT TO KEEP They sent him back to her.

  47. They had lived to flame and fight, They had lived to keep the Town!

  48. Wherever men are staunch and free, There shall she keep her fearless state, And homeless, to great nations be The home of all that makes them great.

  49. Forth, then, to front that peril of the deep With smiling lips and in your eyes the light, Steadfast and confident, of those who keep Their storied 'scutcheon bright.

  50. Keep it to witness to the world what heroes still may dare.

  51. Into my courtyard paved with stones That keep the names, that keep the bones, Of none but English men who came Free of their lives, to guard my fame.

  52. I pray you, therefore, keep the matter secret, at any rate for a while, seeing that the lives of many are at stake.

  53. Nodwengo has chosen his part, and I do not blame him; yet, for the present I beseech you both to keep silence on this matter, lest to save bloodshed I should be driven to side against you.

  54. Man, I do not trust you, and were I wise I should hunt you hence, or keep you so close that you could scarcely move without my knowledge.

  55. Hitherto, whilst in reality leading him on, she had seemed to keep him at a distance, with the result that he did not know that it was her fixed intention to marry him.

  56. Not so," answered Hokosa, "for on this matter the greatest talker in the world would keep silence.

  57. Nay, it may be that death awaits me yonder, but nothing except death shall keep me back from the venture.

  58. It would be impossible that he should keep from Noma anything that he did or did not do; it would be still more impossible that she should conceal from him even such imaginings and things as it is common for women to hold secret.

  59. What hinders, Noma, that having got you here I should keep you here?

  60. The king would have done better to keep his regiments at home," he said, "and fight it out with Hafela here, where he is well prepared.

  61. Keep him prisoner," said another, "till we learn how these matters end.

  62. So you have come to this, Hokosa, that you must ask the leave of another man as to whether or no you should keep your own wife!

  63. But Americo-Spaniards keep alive the tradition, and the prayers of many have ascended and do ascend for the succor of those who vanished so strangely in the valley of Las Animas.

  64. They slid down, one at a time, and made off all but one aged Indian, who stayed to keep the camp-fire burning as a blind.

  65. Put that on snare so it will run down to the side of his neck, and he will keep biting at it.

  66. In drying, keep in a cool shady place and free from smoke.

  67. I will say that we keep four of the best fox traps in the shape of four hounds that can be found in our part of the country, writes J.

  68. Second, take a clean pail or tub, smoke it with birch or balsam bark, then place solution, cover and keep in a temperate place.

  69. Sometimes, when trapping along a creek or other waters where it is not convenient to keep a boat, a rude raft may be constructed from which to make sets, and to be employed in visiting same.

  70. Take a small piece of cotton batton and put enough under each pan of the traps to keep the sand from getting under pans so they won't spring.

  71. Now," said Williams, "the only thing to do is to keep away from here two or three days until a little more snow falls to cover our sign, or is drifted a little by the wind.

  72. To do this with ease, the lard must be partly frozen, smear with honey and keep frozen; then take some frozen liver (any kind will do) and chop it in fine pieces and mix with honey and keep in a small wood box.

  73. This is one thing to keep in mind, always set where you see signs.

  74. Take a large kettle of hot water and keep it boiling hot.

  75. In shooting foxes, keep as much as possible on the small hills so as to survey more land.

  76. An old pelt of some sort dragged behind you will serve to kill your own scent, and to keep the intended victim to the path.

  77. You will always find if you keep close watch over the fields that a fox likes to get on the fine sand and play or walk over and around on it for some reason, as you will always find their tracks on the sand in the fall and spring.

  78. In order to keep up appearances at his Palais Royal, Monsieur besought the King to consent to his remarriage after the usual term of mourning was at an end.

  79. If the Infanta was anxious to escape from the frigid courtesies of the Lorraine aristocracy, I also longed to have a short holiday, and to keep away from the Queen, as well for the sake of her peace of mind as for my own.

  80. However, the Queen only gave her as husband the Chevalier de Huze, her cloak-bearer, so as to keep the girl about her person and to be intimate with her daily.

  81. I would have her keep silence; she has spoken too much.

  82. With this eye and hand I have subdued lions and tigers; let us see if I cannot keep this fox in royal purple at my feet.

  83. He indignantly confessed to himself that he had no real power with which to keep down discontent.

  84. But I keep my love and its sacrificial death a secret from my friend; he does not guess, nor shall he ever learn, that which would only disturb his happiness.

  85. As to Rome, these troops must, above all things, keep from me the Prefect Cethegus, who is as full of duplicity as he is powerful, and who deserted me in the danger into which he himself had led me.

  86. I will not keep you long," continued Gothelindis.

  87. It is this which has disgusted me; the Emperor does not keep his word.

  88. But I think I will send an older ambassador, and keep the young one for myself.

  89. It was necessary to keep something in reserve.

  90. Now let us see," said Silverius to Cethegus sarcastically, "if you will keep your word.

  91. She overwhelmed him and his comrades with honours, confided the castle of Ravenna to their care, and made them swear to keep faith with the Amelung family.

  92. They had already gone so far, that only one means was left by which to keep them back: I placed myself at their head.

  93. He was as full of fun as ever, only now he tried to keep it for playtimes.

  94. Grandpa used to tell me, but I—why, I keep most all of them, I guess.

  95. When the temptation came, strong and unexpected, what was there to keep the child from yielding?

  96. I’ve thought more’n once I would turn square round and keep right up to the mark; but it’s a plaguy bother to toe a straight crack.

  97. So I’m going to keep on praying for Bell and do everything I can.

  98. You know your father said we were to keep out of danger,” he remarked to Dick, as the latter began preparations for his picnic.

  99. But it’s just ‘those fellows’ Satan will always keep you with.

  100. Dick’s chief concern was how to keep a promise made his new acquaintances to go gunning the next Sunday.

  101. Of course they left the bells at home, and the little tongues managed to keep tolerably quiet as they skimmed lightly along.

  102. Tod slipped one grimy hand into his and waited, choking back the grief that would keep the red lips in a quiver.

  103. I know meekness and patience and perseverance are nice things to have, but, you see, none of us has a rich cousin to keep us supplied with that sort of pocket-money.

  104. Frank's mother and sisters will be abroad, and he wants me to keep him company.

  105. Then why don't you keep on till you have secured another position?

  106. No doubt Walter will want to keep you with him as long as possible.

  107. You can give me one- third of the money and keep the rest yourself.

  108. I am awfully sorry to ask for it, but it will come out of the money father left me, and I am sure he would wish me to keep up appearances, and not fall behind the rest of the boys.

  109. Frequently they give little suppers at the hotel here, and keep it up till a late hour.

  110. You can keep it and let yourself out if you will be responsible for the safe custody of the prisoner.

  111. I wouldn't keep a boy in my employ who disobeyed me.

  112. If you keep it, I may buy it back some time.

  113. I don't know you well enough to decide whether you are to be trusted, but I guess I'll keep the revolver.

  114. To keep the office when I am out, receive letters, and answer them, and see agents.

  115. I think I shall keep it for my own use," said Walter, quietly.

  116. The text says that these people that are in their patience, their trying time, keep the commandments of God, besides the testimony of Jesus.

  117. I ask if there be a rational being on earth that for a moment would believe that God ever intended to give the whole human family such a choice as this, after he had required them to keep the Sabbath day.

  118. Now if all this is not New Testament evidence enough for honest believers, in the absence of any other testimony for an abolition, or change of the Sabbath, then it is because men would rather pervert the word of God than keep it.

  119. Thou shalt not do any work,’ stands out in bold relief against those who talk so much about the command, but never yet pretend to keep it.

  120. Barnabas would fain have the world believe that God has made one law which man could never keep without leading him into bondage.

  121. If so, no two persons could keep the same time except they were directly north or south of each other.

  122. If ye keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love, even as I keep my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

  123. God, for they all break that commandment as much as we who do not pretend to keep it.

  124. Let Moses give the time: “And ye shall keep it up [the Lamb] until the fourteenth day of the same month, and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

  125. But can they keep the same time all over the globe if they begin at six P.

  126. Here is the patience of the Saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

  127. If so, you ought to respect him and keep him in the school.

  128. Naiki did likewise and said to the boy--'Keep thy eyes open or else thou mayst look like a dying woman.

  129. An ancient poet has outdone Polonius in the advice he gives: "To thyself be faithful: if in thy heart thou strayest not from truth, without prayer of thine the Gods will keep thee whole.

  130. After the flesh, I would indeed have wished to keep her longer with me; but since he has taken her hence, I thank him.

  131. How do I know how many humble hearts there are in those countless convents there, that secretly offer acceptable incense to God, and keep the perpetual lamp of devotion burning in the sight of God?

  132. They attend mass very regularly, and confession, and keep the fasts.

  133. He had no right to keep anything for my sake!

  134. It was dreadful to have to keep him awake; to have to rouse him, whenever he showed the least symptom of slumber, to thoughts which so perplexed and troubled his poor brain.

  135. If you would bestow one on me, I would keep it sacredly as a gift of my mother's or as the relics of a saint.

  136. He says the boors are difficult enough to keep in order as it is; that if they are taught to think for themselves, there will be no safety for the game, or for anything else.

  137. Then said one, "That is true indeed; yet every one would wish to keep his own.

  138. My mother says it is not the way she was taught, and she had rather keep to the old paths.

  139. In both cases, religion is not so much a worship as a spell; not an approach to God, but an interposing of something to keep off the weight of his dreaded presence.

  140. He motioned to me to keep silence, and hastily turned the conversation.

  141. They, too, thought him unsound, and did n't want him; but to save the situation they would be glad to keep him.

  142. A shame to keep her tied like this to her father's apron-strings--selfish fellow, that!

  143. Under the dark foliage, his eyes on the sunlight, he was the type of all those Englishmen who keep their spirits bright and wear their bodies out in the dark places of hard work.

  144. Shelton let her keep in front, watching her leap from stone to stone and throw back defiant glances when he pressed behind.

  145. I may be, but I keep my mouth shut about the benefits we 're conferring upon other people.

  146. But she says that you and I must keep to our arrangement not to see each other till July.

  147. There was no money to pay anyone to stay with the children; all the work she could get in the house was not enough to keep them alive.

  148. Don't you feel that the only thing that really matters is to have an ideal, and to keep it so safe that you can always look forward and feel that you have been--I can't exactly express my meaning.

  149. In sum, the house was one whose fundamental domesticity attracted and sheltered those who were too "smart" to keep their heads for long above the water.

  150. Decent and discreet, the two roofs caught the eye to the exclusion of all meaner dwellings, seeming to have joined in a conspiracy to keep them out of sight.

  151. So long as I ran keep myself, that's all I want.

  152. Antonia, too, seemed to keep her eyes away from him.

  153. Keep me 'au courant' as to your movements.

  154. To keep me from sinking to your level and pushing your nose down your throat!

  155. Duke considered it, trying to keep a firm footing on the shifting quicksand of the other's arguments.

  156. They could keep their world--and all the other coward planets like them!

  157. Whatever else you may think of me, you know I keep my word in everything.

  158. They usually have to be driven to it, and encouraged to keep at it by all sorts of stratagems, but Jo only asks opportunity, and goes at his work with an energy I greatly admire.

  159. Mr. Shepherd advanced toward him pleasantly, and I thought he reached him just in time to keep him from falling down with fright.

  160. This was only possible by inducing some one to allow them to drive a team, as their father was poor, and did not keep horses.

  161. I shall never be free to tell those I dislike to forever keep off my premises, as I should like to do, but in order to live I shall be compelled to treat them well for their patronage.

  162. There are four hundred acres here, and they expect me to keep it in a high state of cultivation.

  163. All of them except the baby would be out at the stables with Big Adam if they were given the opportunity, but their father’s orders are to keep them away from the stables, and in the house.

  164. It is a good name, and has never been disgraced, and I shall keep it.

  165. The ship I determined to keep as my share, as it was no more than half.

  166. When your father came back to you, I feared that your happiness was so great that I could never again add to it, but even if this is so, I can no longer keep my secret.

  167. Further than his remark that he would give his own life for the one he had taken, he but barely mentioned the tragedy in any way, and seemed only to be waiting to keep his oath.

  168. I was put into the middle one, as if to keep my grand-parents as far apart as possible again, for I was certain that my grandmother slept in one, and my grandfather in the other.

  169. His business remained profitable, I also heard him say, because he had to keep busy to avoid self-destruction, and that motive seemed to succeed quite as well as the nobler one of ambition.

  170. My grandmother was there that day, and finding that they were all afraid of Bragg, she went in to keep him company, and give him to understand that she was too old a bird to be frightened by such a scarecrow.

  171. Standing the saucepan over the fire, Adelaide put on the cover and let the apples cook slowly until very soft, stirring occasionally to keep from burning, then she poured them into the jelly bag and let the juice drip over night.

  172. Placing the saucepan over the fire she let the gooseberries simmer until they were soft, not forgetting to stir with the wooden spoon to keep them from burning.

  173. These she put in the saucepan with a tablespoon of cold water to keep from burning, and stirred with a wooden spoon.

  174. Placing the saucepan over the fire, Adelaide let the fruit and sugar come slowly to the boiling point, stirring frequently with the wooden spoon to keep from burning.

  175. She also stirred them occasionally to keep them from burning.

  176. These she let simmer until soft and mushy, not forgetting to stir occasionally to keep them from burning, then poured the fruit into the jelly bag to drip over night.

  177. Eggs laid during April, May, and early June have been found to keep better than those laid later in the season.

  178. When they were cold she wiped the top and outside of each tumbler, poured melted paraffin over the jam, shaking it gently from side to side to keep out any air, pasted on the labels and stored away in the preserve closet.

  179. Don't let those boys go near her, whatever you do; and keep your girls from weeping on her neck as much as possible.

  180. Barbara, becoming heated in the effort to keep the plum-pudding from rolling into the jam tart and sticking to it.

  181. Barbara held her breath, and thought that if he would only talk about something else, she might be able to keep from crying.

  182. The three conspirators were careful to keep out of her way, and she did not see any more of them until after lunch, when they raced out of the front door and disappeared in the direction of the nine-acre field.

  183. I do not keep policemen at every corner to spy over you when you are left to yourselves, but I do put you on your honour not to do anything you know I have forbidden.

  184. Then the whole senior division filed into the gymnasium for the last time, to the slow music of Herr Scales, who had just had a polite rebuke from Hurly-Burly, and was forcing himself desperately to keep the soft pedal down.

  185. Miss Finlayson had to look at her, then; and she made a last effort to keep grave.

  186. This she said to keep up her own resentment against the new girl, which was unaccountably beginning to cool.

  187. They keep on telling me how clever I am,' grumbled Barbara, in a tone of the deepest contempt.

  188. It's such a bore to have to keep on remembering all the time that you're furious with some one!

  189. Did the marchesa think that bolts and bars, and Adamo, and watch-dogs, would keep Nobili from you?

  190. They can hardly keep their feet upon the rugged, slippery stones that pave the dirty alley.

  191. Heaven bless you, and keep you always as you are!

  192. Orsetti, keep the circle down there; you are out of your place.

  193. Well," cried Baldassare, "the price of that blessing will keep the good man in bread and meat for a year.

  194. He has nothing to hope from the marchesa's clemency, so he may as well gratify his burning curiosity by a question about the much-beloved Enrica, who must certainly have been ill-used by her aunt to keep so much out of sight.

  195. He ordered Pipa to keep her very warm, and to watch every breath she drew.

  196. The women will keep him in order," was the immediate reply of a young man who had not yet spoken.

  197. Her condition is very precarious; nothing can be done, however, but to keep her warm.

  198. He can with difficulty keep his hands off him!

  199. She would have covered the hand again to keep it warm, but Fra Pacifico stopped her.

  200. Tell the marchesa I shall keep my word to her, although I break the marriage-contract.

  201. The cavaliere's whole endeavor was, at that moment, to keep Baldassare quiet; he rejoiced to see that he was gently yielding to the influence of the heat, and nodding at his side.


  202. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "keep" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abide; abstain; accommodate; accommodation; accommodations; accumulate; afford; alimentation; alimony; amass; arm; arrest; balance; ballast; band; bastion; beachhead; bear; bed; bide; bless; blockhouse; board; bolster; bosom; bread; breed; bridgehead; bridle; brig; buttress; care; carry; castle; celebrate; cell; champion; charge; check; cherish; citadel; classify; cling; clip; cloak; clothe; clutch; collect; commemorate; communicate; comply; conceal; conduct; conform; conserve; constrain; contain; continue; contribute; control; cool; copyright; cork; counterbalance; cover; culture; curb; curtail; cushion; custody; defend; delay; deposit; detain; direct; donate; dungeon; dwell; embrace; endow; endowment; endure; enjoin; ensure; entertain; exist; extend; facilities; farm; fatten; feed; fence; fend; fill; finance; find; firm; follow; fondle; forbear; fort; fortress; freeze; fulfil; fulfill; fund; furnish; gaol; garner; garrison; give; govern; grow; guarantee; guard; guardhouse; guarding; hallow; harbor; hatch; have; haven; heap; heed; hide; hinder; hoard; hold; hole; honor; hug; husband; immobilize; inhibit; insure; invest; jail; keep; keeping; last; lengthen; live; livelihood; living; lockup; maintain; maintenance; manage; manna; mark; meat; meet; memorialize; mind; mote; mothering; nestle; nourish; nourishment; nurse; nurture; nutriment; obey; observe; operate; ordain; pap; patent; peel; pen; penitentiary; perpetuate; persist; pillbox; pocket; police; post; prepare; present; preserve; preside; prevail; prison; prohibit; prolong; prop; protect; protection; protract; provide; provision; pull; raise; ranch; rear; recruit; redeem; refection; reformatory; refrain; refreshment; regard; register; rein; reinforce; remain; replenish; repress; reserve; respect; restrain; retain; retard; retrench; run; safeguard; safekeeping; salt; satisfy; save; screen; secrete; secure; shelter; shield; shore; shroud; signalize; snub; solemnize; spare; stabilize; stand; stay; steady; stick; stir; stock; stockade; stockpile; store; straiten; stronghold; submit; subsidize; subsidy; subsist; subsistence; subvention; supply; support; suppress; survive; sustain; sustenance; tarry; tower; transfix; trap; treasure; underwrite; uphold; upkeep; veil; ward; wear; withhold; yield


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    keep awake; keep away; keep back; keep clear; keep close; keep from; keep her; keep himself; keep moving; keep myself; keep order; keep ourselves; keep silence; keep silent; keep straight; keep their; keep them; keep them from burning; keep things; keep together; keep warm; keep watch; keep well; keep your; keepe them; keeping close