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Sentences starting with keep

Keep that in your mind and you can make a popular newspaper. [4]
Keep calm, I will call again tomorrow," said Metivier; and putting his fingers to his lips he hastened away. [2]
Keep your beauty, which is now to be degraded to feast the eyes of gaping Greeks, for the worthiest husband among our people. [10]
Keep in mind what I told you--when you recollect something which belonged in an earlier chapter, do not go back, but jam it in where you are. [5]
Keep your lantern well up so's I can see things ahead of you good. [5]
Keep steady, and we'll ride a little more quickly soon. [11]
Keep your head well bundled with a shawl till the latter comes, and so cheat your persecuting neuralgias and rheumatisms. [5]
Keep an eye upon her, careful mother, or virgin aunt, or vigilant duenna, whichever you may be, that walk behind! [4]
Keep your head up to the storm. [11]
Keep it safe until I come back. [11]

Sentences ending with keep

But the Notary's wife had wormed the secret from her husband, and she found it hard to keep. [11]
Money's like champagne when you take the cork out, it won't keep. [9]
A mechanic's average wage was 3 cents a day, when he paid his own keep. [5]
I could fill up their places easy enough, for ever since that first book was wrote that called people's attention to my boarding-house, I've had more wanting to come than I wanted to keep. [6]
They pay me two groschen a week, besides my keep. [5]
It was as though she had made some strange covenant with a little helpless life, with a little face that was all her face; and that covenant she would keep. [11]
Do you think the world doesn't talk about the company you keep? [11]
Let Jumbo and the Monument alone for the present --they'll keep. [5]
The elder Dryfoos said, with his chin on the top of his stick, "I reckon those Little Neck clams will keep. [8]
Says he: "'They reckon ill who leave me out; They know not well the subtle ways I keep. [5]

Short sentences using keep

You shall keep your word. [11]
I'll keep my word--but yes! [11]
I'll keep my word. [13]
We keep the wires loaded. [5]
Just keep that up. [11]
Just keep on thinking so. [5]
I will keep these notes. [10]
Keep away from them--they're his. [5]
I will keep them. [5]
I will keep them. [10]

Sentences containing keep two or more times

You cannot keep your enthusiasms down, you cannot keep your emotions within bounds when that soaring bubble of marble breaks upon your view. [5]
In the thirteen years since he married he had been able to keep a good many irons in the fire, and also keep them more or less hot. [11]
I want to write to Orion, but I keep putting it off--I keep putting everything off. [5]
You might as well ask if it pays to keep hens, or a trotting-horse, or to wear a gold ring, or to keep your lawn cut, or your hair cut. [4]
But per'aps if we keep them till they're ransomed, it means that we keep them till they're dead. [5]
I propose shortly to quit Memphis, but I promised you to hear your request, and in order to keep my word I have come to see you; still--as I have said--only to keep my word. [10]
He was, therefore, to keep the grass nicely cut, and to keep his cow at home. [4]
In this altar they used to keep one of the most curious relics that human eyes ever looked upon--a thing that had power to fascinate the beholder in some mysterious way and keep him gazing for hours together. [5]
The Germans remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy, by abstaining from work, as commanded; we keep it holy by abstaining from work, as commanded, and by also abstaining from play, which is not commanded. [5]
He didn't invent the law; it is merely his business to obey it and keep still; join the universal conspiracy and keep so still that he shall deceive his fellow-conspirators into imagining that he doesn't know that the law exists. [5]

More example sentences with the word keep in them

I will keep your verses to tell me dat my French subjects are all loyal like M. [11]
I shall keep your secret, too. [11]
Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please. [5]
If you keep your mouth shut, and the devil doesn't put his finger into the pie, I think, spite of all the Zorrillos, I shall be Eletto to-morrow. [10]
You cannot keep your mind from wandering, if it wants to; it is master, not you. [5]
You must keep your mind amused--you must, indeed. [5]
I bow to your masculine secrecy--but why did my worldly-wise brother mingle a petticoat in this delicate business if he wishes to keep it hidden? [10]
Madame, you loved your Jean; if he were living now, what would you do to keep him. [11]
If you keep your heart pure, and constantly think of the time which shall be fulfilled for each of us, to our ruin or to our salvation, you will pass unharmed through this great peril. [10]
You must keep your hand and arm so. [8]
If you keep your eyes open, things'll happen that'll bring what you want. [11]
You must keep your eyes open in a passado with him, but if I can once get to my quarte, tierce, and side-thrust, I have him. [10]
Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul. [5]
One of these young brains is like a bunch of India crackers; once touch fire to it and it is best to keep hands off until it has done popping,--if it ever stops. [6]
I reckon, though, you'd better keep hid here. [13]
You mean that you would rather keep out of the way of the man you prayed for, so long as he is well. [10]
Alors, some of you was out to hurt our friend M'sieu' Carnac here, and I didn't say no to it; but you'd better keep your weapons for election day and use them agin Barode Barouche. [11]
And now, if you want to keep her, if you want her to live on with you, I warn you not to tell her you know of the insult this letter contains, nor ever say what would make her think you suspected her. [11]
As long as you travel with us, keep as near me as you can. [12]
For the rest, you shall keep a quiet tongue, eh? [11]
The world says, You shall have latitude enough to swing in freely, but you must keep within the code. [11]
That's the way you manage to keep yourself in such good shape. [9]
And both of you keep out of my sight. [9]
I wouldn't let you keep me. [9]
If he comes, you keep him busy for a moment. [11]
My advice to you is to keep quiet, and we may have a comedy worth seeing. [9]
If I were you I would keep an eye on him. [4]
I feel as you do about it; but I wish I felt easier about him--sure, that is, that we're not doing wrong to let him keep on talking so. [8]
He would keep you as hostages, of course. [10]
Now you, if you are not the basest wretch living, keep yours, and save Hiram. [10]
I told him you and I used the Autocrat as a courting book and marked it all through, and that you keep it in the sacred green box with the love letters, and it pleased him. [5]
She'd probably give you all she's saved to go to Europe with and study, saved from her pictures sold at twenty per cent of their value; and she'd mortgage the little income she's got to keep her brother out of jail. [11]
I could surprise you about him--and there isn't any reason why I should keep the thing to myself. [11]
By the seventh year after our home-coming my hardest cares for the concerns of my trade were overpast, albeit I must even yet keep my eyes open and give brain and body no rest. [10]
No one can write perfect English and keep it up through a stretch of ten chapters. [5]
The river-banks are woven with osiers to keep them from washing; and at intervals on the banks are piles of the long withes to be used in emergencies when the swollen streams threaten to break through. [4]
I guessed I wouldn't stay in one place, but just tramp right across the country, mostly night times, and hunt and fish to keep alive, and so get so far away that the old man nor the widow couldn't ever find me any more. [5]
You know I wouldn't have let you keep coming here if you hadn't promised never to refer to it. [8]
For humanity's sake, would you not keep alive such a man? [11]
Try as she would to keep it trim after the manner of her people, it still waved loosely on her forehead and over her ears. [11]
Ah, if he would only have patience, or if she could keep him distracted through this winter and their night, she might save him. [9]
Now, if they would make the effort in good temper, could they not with nearly equal unanimity frame and pass a law by means of which to keep good that unanimous oath? [7]
He said he would keep these things always; and that soon he would seek out these dear good friends of his and take them under his protection. [5]
But no, she would keep her word to Philip, till Philip came again. [11]
But if you would give me part of it and keep the rest--" "So that you might have something to remind you of me when you wished to laugh at my foolishness? [5]
If I also would be sane--to Sandy --I must keep my superstitions about unenchanted and unmiraculous locomotives, balloons, and telephones, to myself. [5]
She thought it would be an easy matter to keep awake while suffering such mental anguish. [10]
Could he, Isaac Worthington, humble his pride and ask her to keep her suspicions to herself? [9]
Into a New World wandered I, A world austere, sublime; And unseen feet came sauntering by; A voice with ardent chime Rang down the idle lanes of sleep; I waked: the night was still; I saw my star its sentry keep Along a southern hill. [11]
At times the world swam around me, and I could hardly keep from letting go, so dizzying was the appalling danger. [5]
They keep the world active, and I owe a great many of my best operations to such men. [5]
I had hard work to keep my temper, but I knew that I must not lose it. [9]
I had hard work to keep my head above water, and I struggled desperately to escape from my toils; for if the boat were to go down I should be dragged down with her. [6]
That sort of words doesn't keep, in the kind of climate we have out here. [5]
Sherman sent back word to keep the man until he could see him in person. [9]
I gave my word about that, and so did my father; and I'll keep it. [11]
They comb their wool up to a peak and keep it in position by stiffening it with brown-red clay--half of this tower colored, denotes engagement; the whole of it colored denotes marriage. [5]
I held the woman I hated in my grasp, and thanked the immortals for the boon; but you two--it is not difficult to guess the secret you are still trying to keep from me--you aided her to escape. [10]
But keep your wits about you. [10]
She had resources within herself, had what would keep her steady. [11]
If there's anybody with you, let him keep back--if he shows himself he'll be shot. [5]
I shall return with you to Leyden and from thence try to reach Delft; meantime I'll keep watch and give you warning, if necessary. [10]
With these, and with the world at large, her manner might best be described as difficult; and I was often amused at the way in which she contrived to keep them at arm's length and make them uncomfortable. [9]
I'd keep faith with my reputation. [11]
But Bucklaw said, with great candour, that unfortunately he had to sail for Boston within thirty-six hours, to keep engagements with divers assignees for whom he had special cargo. [11]
The paddles dropped with agreeable precision, and no boatswain's rattan was needed to keep my fellows to their task. [11]
He contented himself with admonishing her to keep in mind her wickednesses, and repent of them, and think of her salvation. [5]
He was startled with a piece of information which gave him such an exquisite pang of delight that he could hardly keep the usual quiet of his demeanor. [6]
I came home with a broken hip-bone, tolerably patched up, and again, a few years later, I could not keep still in one place. [10]
It is so wise to do this, to keep one's feelings in control, not to be too hasty! [4]
Put a fine wire-screen over each hill, which will keep out the bugs and admit the rain. [4]
When you can't win the woman, keep the cash. [11]
It was Kate Wimper, who, before that, had waylaid the one man for whom she herself had ever cared, and drawn him from her side by such attractions as she herself would keep for an honest wife, if such she ever chanced to be. [11]
But if you will say one prayer with me, I will keep on trusting, I will never complain, and I will wait--wait. [11]
Any person who will reflect that money is only valuable while in circulation will readily perceive that any device which will keep the government revenues in constant circulation, instead of being locked up in idleness, is no inconsiderable advantage. [7]
I declare I will not endure it any longer, and if you try to keep me shut up, I will run away from this temple, for outside it is all bright and pleasant, and here it is dingy and horrid! [10]
The wise man will keep his ears ever open, but rarely lend it his active hand. [10]
The Lord Abbot will keep him, and you, you. [10]
There, there; I will keep firm. [10]
Such a fire will keep all night, with very little replenishing; and it makes a very sociable camp-fire, and one around which the most impossible reminiscences sound plausible, instructive, and profoundly entertaining. [5]
Now, if you will do this, you will be soon out of debt, and, what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. [7]
And these creatures will compare these pins together, and if one is a shade finer than the rest, they will all be thrown on my hands, and I will have to order a new lot to keep peace in the family. [5]
The next thing will be to keep an eye on the duenna,--the "Model" and so forth, as the white-neck-cloth called her. [6]
And this is why, and sence you laik objects of art, that I bring this and ask you keep it while I am in dangere. [9]
I don't see why you want to keep back things that way, and try to injure a person that's never done you any harm. [5]
I'll tell you why I'm in this campaign: to catch Douglas now, and keep him out of the White House in 1860. [9]
I don't know why I keep him here, sometimes I think he'll drive me crazy. [9]
But for this whole year he has been sober, and he may keep his pledge. [11]
To all persons who shall be so released, and who shall keep their parole, the President grants an amnesty for any past offences of treason or disloyalty which they may have comminuted. [7]
There are some who say that those are happiest who keep at home and content themselves with reading about the lands of the imagination. [4]
The modest Northerners who have got hold of it, and staked it all out into city lots, seem to want to keep it all to themselves. [4]
Let each one who feels too weak to control his wrath, avoid the Circus; and those who go, keep still if they feel moved to act in my behalf. [10]
Damn a man who can't keep his temper. [9]
Perhaps half those who are convicted of crimes are as capable of reformation as half those transgressors who are not convicted, or who keep inside the statutory law. [4]
The changes also which they undergo are due to the intrusion of new precedents, which hold their ground against opposition, and keep their place. [5]
After the blow which left her a widow, she continued to keep Mr. Carvel's home. [9]
The image in which he had fixed his recollection of its original served only to keep her living presence before him. [6]
The business on which folks want me, will keep cold, especially at this season. [12]
Whether the questions which assail my young friend have risen in my reader's mind or not, he knows perfectly well that nobody can keep such questions from springing up in every young mind of any force or honesty. [6]
Of all that which a President might constitutionally and justifiably do in such a case, everything was forborne without which it was believed possible to keep the government on foot. [7]

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