Words similar to keep

Example sentences for: keep

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He also introduced an inspired system of “ostracism” under which any public servant who was voted inept, tyrannical, or corrupt by the citizenry was banished from Athens for ten years, though he was allowed to keep his property.
But politicians must answer questions, take abuse, and keep smiling.
If these dogs had a fault, it was their habit of barking all night, having made it their mission, most unsuccessfully pursued, to keep the wild boar away from the house.
It is difficult to keep language distinct from writing, though readers of this quarterly might have become aware that the reviews of books appearing in these pages often comment on the execrable turgidity of the writing of most linguists.
In addition, it does not recognize the distinctions among electricity demand regions and the transmission constraints that can keep them separate.