Kept

Examples

• Well, I kept my knowledge to myself, and waited to see what would come of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Each female cod has more than 9,000,000 eggs, but the numbers are kept down by a host of enemies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Others again kept out of the way, hoping to escape either alternative. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• So we kept our watch together in silence. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Because, said I, his is an uncommon character, and he has resolutely kept himself outside the circle, Richard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I kept the horse until he was four years old, when he went blind, and I sold him for twenty dollars. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Her father rose with her, and kept her hand drawn through his arm. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Happily Rosamond did not think of committing any desperate act: she plaited her fair hair as beautifully as usual, and kept herself proudly calm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• They say, don't they, he went on, that the secretary helped her to get away from her brute of a husband, who kept her practically a prisoner? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Elinor tried to talk of something else; but Miss Steele could not be kept beyond a couple of minutes, from what was uppermost in her mind. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I swear it--and the oath shall be kept. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He always kept so far from me that I could not clearly see his face, but it was certainly someone whom I did not know. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The name was all I kept from him, and he has discovered it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Now, said the physician, we must turn all these creatures out; all depends on his being kept quiet. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The father looked at him: the daughter kept her face hid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Riderhood had kept his chair all night. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I drew up all the instructions for the contemplated move, and kept them in my pocket until I should hear of the junction of our troops at Jackson. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Everything was in its place and order as he had always kept it, the little fire was newly trimmed, and the hearth was freshly swept. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• If he had kept true to that clasp, death would not have mattered. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He kept me waiting so long, that I fervently hoped the Club would fine him for being late. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I don't think Fifth-of-Novembers ought to be kept up by night except in towns. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Gurt kept close beside Maurice, fighting like the old sea-dog he was, and got a nasty stab in the thigh, which brought him to the ground. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• It kept up a slow fire of indignation and a trembling trouble of grief, which harassed and crushed me altogether. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• By force of circumstance, because all the world combined to make the cage unbreakable, he had been too strong for her, he had kept her prisoner. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Secrets in manufactures are capable of being longer kept than secrets in trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If Dorothea had kept near her uncle, there would have been some chance, said Sir James. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• For myself, I was kept somewhat busy during the winter of 1847-8. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She said her lady was but poorly, and kept her own room a good deal. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• This gentleman, as may be imagined, was not kept long in ignorance of the secret. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The lady was wealthy and beautiful, and had a liking for the girl, and treated her with great kindness, and kept her always near her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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