keep on
Example Sentences
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They stayed to themselves, kept on sharecropping, and saving every dollar they could; hoping that someday they could buy a farm of their own.
From Literature
I kept on stomping until the floorboards groaned.
From Literature
Community and music events are run by friends who volunteer their time, and only about two employees are kept on staff.
From Los Angeles Times
And other people who thought the market was going to keep on going down, they were going to make money by being short.
"That is when you get those generational players. They have all the components but also this bullet-proof confidence, which means they can just keep on delivering throughout their career."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
