How to use "keep" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "keep" in popular movie and book plots

  • Lawrence later meets Colonel Brighton, who orders him to keep quiet, make his assessment, and leave.  - Lawrence of Arabia (film)
  • Mister, needing someone to care for his children and keep his house, eventually accepts the offer.  - The Color Purple
  • Fogg buys the boat from the captain and has the crew burn all the wooden parts to keep up the steam.  - Around the World in Eighty Days
  • Green and Minify agree to keep it secret that Phil is not Jewish.  - Gentleman's Agreement
  • X encourages Garrison to keep digging and prosecute New Orleans-based international businessman Clay Shaw for his alleged involvement.  - JFK (film)
  • Tuco, who now has strong motivation to keep Blondie alive, gives him water and takes him to a nearby frontier mission to recover.  - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • He cautions the village men that once they actively resist Calvera they will have to keep killing until all the bandits are dead.  - The Magnificent Seven
  • At their jobs in central video CCTV control centers, SEN 5241 and LUH 3417 keep surveillance on the city.  - THX 1138
  • Ryan, always working to keep the peace, explains to him, "One way or another, we all fight for what we believe in.  - The Cardinal of the Kremlin
  • Julie allows all to water their cattle and refuses to sell or lease the Big Muddy to either side, so as to keep the fragile peace.  - The Big Country
  • Benjamin manages to keep the guests at bay by using a large cross and jamming it into the doors of the church.  - The Graduate
  • His former bunkmate and immediate superior Arnold Judas Rimmer is resurrected by Holly as a hologram to keep Lister sane.  - Red Dwarf
  • The pope later stated that Our Lady of Fátima helped keep him alive throughout his ordeal.  - Pope John Paul II
  • Corporal Paris is chosen because his commanding officer, Roget, wishes to keep him from testifying about his actions in the scouting mission.  - Paths of Glory
  • Elzevir is bent on vengeance for his son by killing Maskew, and while the rest land the cargo and leave, he and John keep watch over Maskew.  - Moonfleet
  • To keep the raiders from being arrested, Rhett puts on a charade.  - Gone with the Wind (novel)

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