How to Use keel in a Sentence

keel

noun

• The ship was split down the keel and the hull submerged in the sand.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 June 2022
• This dense mass, called a spar platform, works like the keel of a boat.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2023
• From there, split the bird in two up the back and along the keel, grill it or broil it briefly, and enjoy.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
• McNeill was the one keeping an even keel in those days.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• The wound had remnants of red paint, which is usually used on the keel of boats.
  — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2022
• Construction of the hull started with fore and aft stems fastened to the keel.
  — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
• These days, Biles has a thorough self-care practice to stay on an even keel.
  — Megan Johnson, PEOPLE.com, 14 Apr. 2022
• Some 40 percent of the vessel’s total weight is placed in the keel to better balance the boat.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2023
• Despite all the stakes, Wommack is trying to keep his team on an even keel.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 27 Sep. 2021
• To keep an even keel, make a little space between you and others for now.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• Its keel floated only a few yards from the canal’s bottom.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2021
• The company said that any damage to the ship was believed to be mostly on its keel.
  — Fox News, 31 Mar. 2021
• Wonder of the Seas had its first steel cut in April 2019 with its keel-laying in October of that year.
  — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• Then the shape becomes clearer: the curve of the oak ribs and planks of a ship’s side, iron bolts, the keel and what must have been the stern, the broken rudder, sheathed in copper.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2023
• The decoys are built around a metal keel, which is held in place by a magnet during the molding process.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 21 Aug. 2020
• Getting the skin back on an even keel calls for a calm but considered approach.
  — Georgia Day, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• It, too, was scrapped, and its keel, for a time, could be seen peeking out from the muck of Staten Island’s boat graveyard.
  — Curbed, 21 Jan. 2022
• In a similar vein, new AI laws are being explored to try and keep AI on an even keel.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Bird sternums have a projection from the middle called the keel, and this is where the flight muscles are attached.
  — Emily Schwing, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2022
• But Croft was pleased with how the techniques kept that conversation on an even keel.
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 19 Feb. 2021
• The restoration work was carried out from the keel up at the request of owners Ahmet and Cigdem Ongun.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2023
• Martin is perhaps the most incisive of the three, and Wishaw plays him with a disturbingly-even keel.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
• My father has been a big influence on me and serves as a keel in my career journey.
  — Gary Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2021
• Ships are slashed and burned as workers cut out metal to be resold as scrap; eventually, they are hacked down to the keel.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• The Dutch yard just laid the keel of a custom 187-footer with a layout unlike any other fleet member.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2023
• The keel laying of Setteesettanta took place at the Heesen yard in Oss on December 14.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2023
• That means that instead of dramatic peaks and troughs in energy use, everything stays on an even keel.
  — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• Do your best to keep things on an even keel so that everyone benefits, including you.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
• Rain and the extreme heat can sometimes make the job difficult, but Hall tries to maintain a steady keel.
  — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
• The latter inform the entryway to the space while the keel shape appears at the rear of the store as an installation.
  — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025