KEPT in a Sentence
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370 example sentences for KEPT, such as:
1. He kept a tight grip on her arm.
2. The jewels were kept in a bank vault.
3. The baby kept grabbing away at the toy.
4. He kept his gaze fixed on the car ahead.
5. Palmer kept hammering away at his report.
2. The jewels were kept in a bank vault.
3. The baby kept grabbing away at the toy.
4. He kept his gaze fixed on the car ahead.
5. Palmer kept hammering away at his report.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of KEPT
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kept
a. (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He kept his eyes fixed on the light till it vanished.
2 The kitchen was a poor place, not "spruce" and shining as his mother had kept it in his boyhood; but it was surprising what a homelike look the mere fact of Zeena's absence gave it.
3 Ethan felt that if he had pleaded an urgent need Hale might have made shift to pay him; but pride, and an instinctive prudence, kept him from resorting to this argument.
4 Mattie's hand was underneath, and Ethan kept his clasped on it a moment longer than was necessary.
5 He kept his eyes fixed on her, marvelling at the way her face changed with each turn of their talk, like a wheat-field under a summer breeze.
6 The sled swerved in response, but he righted it again, kept it straight, and drove down on the black projecting mass.
7 Under her shapeless dress her body kept its limp immobility, and her dark eyes had the bright witch-like stare that disease of the spine sometimes gives.
8 I kept waiting for her to do it, but she didn't.
9 "I kept thinking she would," yelled Stuart.
10 The lawn, reclaimed from weeds, grew thick with clover and Bermuda grass, and Gerald saw to it that it was well kept.
11 As valet, he kept Gerald's bedroom in order, and, as butler, he served the meals with dignity and style, but otherwise he pretty well let matters follow their own course.
12 He tried to think of something to say and couldn't, and silently he blessed her because she kept up a steady chatter which relieved him of any necessity for conversation.
13 There were many things she kept from her mother these days.
14 But, most of all, she kept secret the fact that Rhett Butler called frequently at Aunt Pittypat's house.
15 Scarlett was not the only member of the household who reacted strangely and unwillingly to his presence, for he kept Aunt Pitty in a flutter and a ferment.
Example Sentence: (160 in 11 pages)
1 A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.
2 Books must be kept according to a prescribed form.
3 He kept a detailed account of the suspect's movements.
4 He kept a journal of his wanderings across Asia.
5 The police have kept the nightclub under surveillance because of suspected illegal drug activity.
6 The howling of wild animals kept him awake night after night.
7 He kept his eyes on the road ahead, his face taut with concentration.
8 He kept his gaze fixed on the car ahead.
9 He kept a tight grip on her arm.
10 We must assume that the spy kept the negatives.
11 Palmer kept hammering away at his report.
12 The baby kept grabbing away at the toy.
13 The jewels were kept in a bank vault.
14 Fortune is easily found, but hard to be kept.
15 His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.