How to Use abreast in a Sentence

abreast

adverb or adjective
  • Although the mass e-mails hadn’t come to his in-box, his team had kept him abreast.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Staying abreast of the latest news and current trends is the first step.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Keeping abreast of and making sense of the craziness is now the business of the travel agent.
    — Christian L. Wright, WSJ, 30 June 2021
  • Tags attached to kegs that transmit data would keep brewers abreast of their whereabouts.
    — Mike Cherney, WSJ, 20 June 2018
  • Doja Cat is keeping fans abreast of her plastic surgery journey.
    — Michelle Lee, People.com, 12 May 2025
  • Beyond the basics, Young combs through reader feedback to stay abreast of new trends and tricks.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
  • There are even practical advantages to staying abreast of the trends.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 28 July 2021
  • Certainly, the task of keeping abreast of laws can seem overwhelming.
    — Eric Reicin, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • This line of work, Connors told me with no small amount of pride, requires keeping abreast of current events.
    — Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2021
  • The process of keeping abreast of legislation and new laws will be ongoing.
    — Philip Kushmaro, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • Keeping abreast of the latest guidelines to ensure compliance is no small feat.
    — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Kloots has been keeping fans abreast of her husband's condition on social media.
    — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 12 May 2020
  • The station will keep you abreast of flood warnings and aware of the severity of the situation.
    — Sarah Sarder, Chron, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The public is kept abreast of the voting process through smoke signals created by the burning of ballots.
    — Solcyré Burga, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Setting up systems like text and email alerts from your bank can keep you abreast of all your financial activity.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Visit this link to stay abreast of knowledge and data related to the UK.
    — Francois Botha, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The pair emphasizes the importance of keeping abreast of the latest rules and guidance.
    — Anne McCarthy, Wired, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Count on the Hartford Restaurant Group to stay abreast of what diners covet.
    — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • This is a good time to clear your desk of unfinished business and to stay abreast of regular maintenance routines.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 18 Nov. 2019
  • There are highlight sections from around the grounds mixed in, and on-screen tournament update windows shown to keep fans abreast of all the action.
    — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 2 July 2018
  • Thanksgiving motorists were advised to stay abreast of the changing forecast and road conditions.
    — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Think of this as a spring cleaning, albeit one that will need to be done routinely now to keep abreast of spreading the risk of contamination.
    — Brad Fick, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Parker, sitting on his friend’s couch in Appalachia, kept his marine contact in Kabul abreast.
    — Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The military also had other ways of staying abreast of the situation.
    — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Rangers general manager Jon Daniels has told Beltre that he will be kept abreast of any deals that might come along, a source said.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 24 June 2018
  • Will Gruden have to play catchup, or has his time in the booth kept him sufficiently abreast of changes in the NFL game?
    — Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 5 Jan. 2018
  • The company is closely coordinating with the city and private partners to stay abreast of any construction or changes on the route.
    — David Roberts, Vox, 8 May 2018
  • Loyal fans needed to watch the theatrical release to keep abreast of the conversations about the show and again to catch anything that may have been tweaked in the recut.
    — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The city of Memphis, meanwhile, launched a website where residents can log complaints and keep abreast of the presence of federal agents in the city.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Changing from two long lines of eight ships each, the fleet was divided into divisions of fours, the flagships steaming abreast at the lead of their respective columns.
    — sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Apr. 2018

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