keep

How to use keep in a sentence

She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.

And it was no light task, then, for six hundred men to keep the peace on a thousand miles of frontier.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

He will keep the sayings of renowned men, and will enter withal into the subtilties of parables.

Keep closely covered with a bell glass and, in a few weeks, more or less, the baby Ferns will start to put in an appearance.

My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.

He is dead; but his three sons have the estate yet, and I think they would keep their father's promise to the Indians.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?

To keep the frond in position it may be useful to put a book on the paper as it is spread out.

And it might be a good idea for you to give your men a gentle hint to keep their mouths closed about this affair—all of it.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

They've let us keep our rooms on, up to now, but for two days they've not given us anything to eat.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985