How to Use keep to in a Sentence

keep to

verb

• And keeping to a strict budget.
  — Terry Collins, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
• The cartels kept to themselves.
  — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• The special tries to keep to the brand’s core, Muppet-wise.
  — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
• Ryan keeps to the room’s edges, watching with a mix of amusement and horror.
  — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
• His wisecracks were kept to a minimum.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
• Even the blood is kept to a minimum, despite all the warfare.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026
• For the rest of her outfit, Oprah kept to the same warm-toned color story.
  — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026
• Plus, noise should be kept to a minimum (if at all possible).
  — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
• Rocky, beside her, kept to his own sleek and tailored monochromatic look.
  — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
• If at all possible, appointment wait times should be kept to under a week.
  — Amber Gill, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
• Visiting boats moor in the bay but keep to the far side, close enough to admire and distant enough to ignore.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
• Unlike most of the residents, the owners kept to themselves.
  — Christopher Spata, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
• To keep to the latter, edit surfaces so that meaningful objects have space to breathe.
  — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 23 Apr. 2026
• The Netherlands was kept to 121-3 at the Rose Bowl.
  — ABC News, 20 June 2026
• Sometimes, that means people keep to themselves and don’t interact with neighbors as much.
  — Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
• The house had been in disrepair with the grass sometimes overgrown, but the former neighbor kept to himself.
  — Graham Womack may 18, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
• Some aspects of the AI Act will keep to their original schedule.
  — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 11 May 2026
• Those who live and work in the area said Boomer had lived the same building for decades and described her as a kind woman who kept to herself.
  — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
• Now so far he's kept to the Article 5 commitment that an attack on one is an attack on all.
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 18 June 2026
• So, there’s a personal interest in keeping to the schedule.
  — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 6 Apr. 2026
• As the day goes on, keep to the same schedule, having lunch and dinner at times appropriate for the location.
  — Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
• Reactions are kept to a respectful whisper.
  — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 26 May 2026
• Some people were wearing football apparel kept to themselves.
  — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 8 Feb. 2026
• Early morning is the best time to water—the sun is low, meaning evaporation will be kept to a minimum.
  — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 28 Apr. 2026
• Keith, another neighbor, said the victims kept to themselves.
  — Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
• So that night, Dillingham kept to himself at the half-empty hotel, wishing — as always — for a little more time.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
• On the walk back, Lilian noticed a girl, a head taller than Jude, keeping to his side, sometimes bumping into him.
  — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
• That means that most of the serious above-average heat was kept to the east, away from California, to kick off summer.
  — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
• Dysfunction, crucially, was kept to a minimum after that noisy first season.
  — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
• CareTrust granularly tracked how well the home kept to its financial plan, down to the money spent monthly on nurses and food, the records said.
  — Jordan Rau, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026