Examples of keep to in a Sentence
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Every edge is hard, every shadow is hatched; colors are kept to a minimum, but those which are deployed make a formidable impact.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
Plus, noise should be kept to a minimum (if at all possible).
—Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
Some people were wearing football apparel kept to themselves.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 8 Feb. 2026
The cats avoided our company, keeping to themselves under furniture or lounging in the upstairs attic where the baby couldn’t find them.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Feb. 2026
Trash talk has been kept to a minimum, said Hilda Svensson, a Swedish forward who has become one of the NCAA’s top scorers in her freshman year at Ohio State.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 7 Feb. 2026
The special tries to keep to the brand’s core, Muppet-wise.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
But keeping to the setting's standards of virginity and purity, only widow Violet can get away with it.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Margaret Qualley kept to one of Chanel’s most familiar color combinations at the house’s spring 2026 couture show in Paris on Tuesday, wearing two-tone cap-toe slingbacks from the Métiers d’Art 2026 collection in the front row.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
Plus, noise should be kept to a minimum (if at all possible).
—Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
Some people were wearing football apparel kept to themselves.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 8 Feb. 2026
The cats avoided our company, keeping to themselves under furniture or lounging in the upstairs attic where the baby couldn’t find them.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Feb. 2026
Trash talk has been kept to a minimum, said Hilda Svensson, a Swedish forward who has become one of the NCAA’s top scorers in her freshman year at Ohio State.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 7 Feb. 2026
The special tries to keep to the brand’s core, Muppet-wise.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
But keeping to the setting's standards of virginity and purity, only widow Violet can get away with it.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Margaret Qualley kept to one of Chanel’s most familiar color combinations at the house’s spring 2026 couture show in Paris on Tuesday, wearing two-tone cap-toe slingbacks from the Métiers d’Art 2026 collection in the front row.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Keep to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20to. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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