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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The cap restricts how much of its revenue the state can keep to pay for services, meaning the change would free up cash that would otherwise be returned to taxpayers.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Every edge is hard, every shadow is hatched; colors are kept to a minimum, but those which are deployed make a formidable impact.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The power outage caused the metal cabinets where the drugs are kept to automatically lock.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026

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