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
Thus situated, the cock rose on his wings, and lighted on an apple-tree, the snake keeping fast hold, and dangling down like a taglock.
From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
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.
But when it was restored, Markham went on spying in silence, while Brown, keeping fast possession of his own telescope, communicated his observations.
From The Heir of Redclyffe by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
"Tell us about the picnics you used to have when you were young," said Julia Prime, balancing herself on the window-sill and keeping fast hold of Mrs. Gray's hand.
From A Little Country Girl by Coolidge, Susan
