keeping fast
Example Sentences
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He's keeping fast company, part of a jazz quartet that also includes drummer Billy Higgins, trumpeter Don Cherry and Ornette Coleman, who is exploring the outside edge of the stratosphere with his alto sax.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Katipah, keeping fast hold of the string, would watch where it mounted and looked so small, and think that surely some day her kite would bring her the only thing she much cared about.
From The Blue Moon by Housman, Laurence
But there is such a thing as asking Him to take them, and holding them out to Him, and yet keeping fast hold of the other end ourselves.
From A Forgotten Hero Not for Him by Holt, Emily Sarah
The king as usual was keeping fast at Machal-wans, and thither, according to custom, every nobleman and governor in the land flocked to offer condolence.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
He forced his way to the door, the boy still keeping fast hold of his arm.
From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by Anstey, F.
