How to Use keep at in a Sentence

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• Always try to keep at least two 5-leaflet leaves on each rose shoot.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 July 2026
• Austria had one good look — a header that just missed — but largely been kept at bay.
  — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
• Not only that, they should be kept at a distance for safety reasons.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026
• Chelsea will have to keep at least one striker to act as back-up for Joao Pedro.
  — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
• The diced tomatoes that needed to be kept at 41 degrees or below measured 61 degrees.
  — David J. Neal july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
• These substances that must be kept at hundreds of degrees below zero Fahrenheit to remain stable.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
• The general rule of thumb is to keep at least three months' worth of income saved in an accessible, interest-earning account.
  — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
• For all their forward charge, his films center narratives that turn around ideas or past incidents kept at least partially hidden until the very end.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026
• In the seat, Talarico vowed to support rural sheriffs, get jails out of the mental health business and keep at-risk kids in classrooms and off the streets.
  — Rachel Royster july 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
• United were kept at bay throughout the first half after conceding early to Arnau Ortiz.
  — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
• Lee kept at him, and along the way, began to find Lifeson’s interview comments increasingly baffling.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
• All the girls were provided with legal counsel and kept at a children's home for the next three weeks, during which time they were also interviewed about the incident.
  — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
• The county also wants to waive a requirement to keep at least $10 million in reserves in EEL’s trust fund.
  — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
• The first phase of the Tijuana River Gates project is designed to keep at least 5 million gallons of sewage a day out of the river.
  — Mark Sanchez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2026
• There is an argument that he should be kept at the club to benefit from Maresca’s intent to generate dribbling situations for his wide players.
  — Sam Lee, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
• The goal is to keep at least one ramp operating through the fall, but much will depend on precipitation, temperatures, and evaporation.
  — Tori Mason, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
• The faux island escape is kept at a toasty temperature of about 79 degrees Fahrenheit and draws over a million visitors a year to enjoy its sun, surf, and sand.
  — Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
• Store in the Right Place For short-term storage, your leftovers should last in your refrigerator (kept at or below 40°F) for up to four days.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
• Visitors are advised to keep at least 50 meters (164 feet) away from the deer, never feed or touch them and if one approaches you to put food and packaging out of sight and move away slowly and calmly.
  — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
• Keep at least 15% of units affordable, and that’s a 25% assessment reduction; keep at least 35% affordable, and that’s a 35% decrease.
  — Maggie Cassidy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
• With its home-preparedness checklist that aims to make citizens self-sufficient for at least a week, the brochure advises keeping at the ready a backpack filled with basics, including water, batteries, and a wireless radio.
  — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026
• The King is a longtime lover of gardening, but the pride of his horticultural expertise is kept at his Highgrove House residence, near the village of Tetbury.
  — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
• On Friday morning, Patrice Halliburton came to the funeral home looking for answers, because her sister’s body was kept at the facility before she was cremated.
  — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
• Testing hydrogen storage at scale Liquid hydrogen must be kept at extremely low temperatures to remain in liquid form, making storage a major engineering challenge.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
• Flamingo is available for adoption at Anderson’s Bloomingdale adoption location and the other canines are being kept at its South Elgin shelter.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
• Food kept around weeks too long, food kept at temperatures that were wrong and numerous handwashing violations caused a Miami Presidente Supermarket to fail inspection last week.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026
• In Nolan and Hathaway’s interpretation, Penelope is a more calculating power player, keeping at bay the wolfish suitors who show up hoping to take Odysseus’ place and working the angles to preserve her son’s chance of assuming the throne.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 July 2026
• While Odysseus is sailing all over the Mediterranean trying to get home, Anne Hathaway’s Penelope is back on Ithaca trying to keep at bay Robert Pattinson’s Antinous and his designs on the throne.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 24 July 2026
• Subsequent Fortune reporting on the files traced how Epstein spent roughly a decade working to insert himself into Gates’ inner circle—directly and through intermediaries—and kept at it even after Gates stopped communicating with him.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 June 2026