Back to word

How To Use Keep away In A Sentence

  • Provide the bare necessities of life, especially food; keep away hunger.
  • The door was shut and sealed with charms and talismans to keep away evil spirits or in this case, those who might want to steal the elemental gem inside.
  • Keep away from children and republicans! 'the so-called' moderates 'aren't much better than the far right wingnuts. maybe a bit more sane but still only interested in bettering the rich and big corporations at the expense of the American people. More Moderate vs. Conservative GOP battles ahead
  • He backstrokes away and then cautiously around the counter, lettered in black: ANUBIS Swinoujscie, trying to keep away from those screws. Gravity's Rainbow
  • The flabellum, in liturgical use, is a fan made of leather, silk, parchment, or feathers intended to keep away insects from the Sacred The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started
For Free Watch how it works
Linguix writing coach
  • But as you know, they cannot keep away from their homocentrism for long; it's like a security blanket. Pam's House Blend - Front Page
  • As a result, we used to sleep with the many others on the open terrace, looking at the stars in a windless night, hoping that the fumes from the mosquito coil would keep away the buzzing creatures from us.
  • Apart from cooks and numerous assistants there were tailors, washermen, attendants to fan their masters, others to keep away fires, and entire hierarchies of housemaids.
  • I need to keep away from magazines and high street stores and everything trendified for a long time.
  • Keep away from the edge of the cliff - you might fall.
  • Keep away from camp site lavatories and also stay some distance from the trees. Times, Sunday Times
  • Provide the bare necessities of life, especially food; keep away hunger.
  • To-day they are bringing in the wounded soldiers from Liaoyang, and I try to keep away from the windows so I will not see them. The Lady of the Decoration
  • The elves and faeries had taken an inkling to keep away from her.
  • Sakes alive, Izick, look at that!" said the woman in a whisper, while the little fellow went on picking his toes, and the grey horse turned his tail into a live chowry to keep away the flies. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel
  • It was fortunate that the turning year brought the farm much more work; it enabled me to keep away without remark or offense. TESTIMONIES
  • I do try to keep away from fattening foods, but my greatest weakness is chocolate cake.
  • The Clinic has plans to market insecticidal papers which need to be interleafed in books and magazines to keep away silverfish and bookworms, explains Mr. Shaji.
  • Keep away pesky cats and squirrels with this wooden catapult. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is a housebot, but he is called a scarecrow because his owner put him out to pasture to keep away the birds. Fantasy and Science Fiction - October Issue
  • The stern, triumphant look on her face was armour enough to keep away any rogue fingers. Burning Bright
  • Provide the bare necessities of life, especially food; keep away hunger.
  • In summer, they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.
  • People who live in low-lying areas must move to higher ground to keep away from floods, while those who live on mountainsides must watch out for landslides after heavy rains and be ready to evacuate at any time.
  • The stern, triumphant look on her face was armour enough to keep away any rogue fingers. Burning Bright
  • The ICRC, working with a local agency, helps people to individually chlorinate cans of water collected from Lake Kivu, trying to keep away the specter of cholera.
  • Keep away from sources of heat (including direct sunlight, radiators, lamps and television sets).
  • Well, then, here's to your good health! for you must know, I have set a nipperkin of toddy by me, just by way of spell, to keep away the meikle horned deil, or any of his subaltern imps who may be on their nightly rounds. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
  • Keep away from the edge of the cliff - you might fall.
  • Keep away from sources of ignition and direct sunlight.
  • A wary Hamilton thought he'd better break off the affair, but Maria's "appearances of violent attachment, and of agonizing distress at the idea of relinquishment" played on his "sensibility, perhaps my vanity," so he planned "a gradual discontinuance ... as least calculated to give pain, in case a real partiality existed" - meaning he couldn't keep away from her. City Journal
  • Provide the bare necessities of life, especially food; keep away hunger.
  • Instead they have used block votes like bulbs of garlic - to keep away the vampires of the left.
  • [Footnote: Cf. the prefix "for -" in English "forfend," to keep away, to avert, "forbid," to exclude from, to command against, "forbear," to refrain from, etc.] A Complete Grammar of Esperanto
  • Keep away pesky cats and squirrels with this wooden catapult. Times, Sunday Times
  • Keep away from camp site lavatories and also stay some distance from the trees. Times, Sunday Times
  • I was curious after someone suggested that foul language would keep away readers.
  • Keep away from the edge of the cliff.
  • In the morning we set our foresail, meaning to bear up to the northward, standing off and on to keep away from the current, which otherwise would have set us to the south, away from, all known land. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08
  • Both 2,4-D and dicamba, another older herbicide, are common ingredients in weedkillers at lawn-and-garden stores, which homeowners are careful to keep away from flowers and vegetables. Superweed Outbreak Triggers Arms Race
  • Keep away from heat, spark, flame and moisture, store in a tightly closed container in a cool and dry place.
  • In summer, they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.
  • Even Tallis was unable to keep away, secreting himself inside a garderobe.
  • Keep away from windows because the high winds and pressure can shatter the window, sending shivers of glass everywhere.
  • At the same time, he reminded individuals to keep away from engaging in gambling, such as cockfighting, which is popular during Holy Week. Sun.Star Network Online - Your Source of Philippine Community News
  • Keep away from the edge of the cliff.
  • Apart from cooks and numerous assistants there were tailors, washermen, attendants to fan their masters, others to keep away fires, and entire hierarchies of housemaids.
  • Keep away from sources of ignition and direct sunlight.
  • Marigold Tagetes – this flower loves the sun and the summer and we used to plant it in the vegetable garden to keep away aphides and other bugs. Archive 2006-06-01
  • I signed to him to keep away, but he continued to advance.
  • The country dwellers and habitants of market towns and traditional villages keep away from the large towns and cities unless absolutely necessary.
  • The stern, triumphant look on her face was armour enough to keep away any rogue fingers. Burning Bright
  • I've added equipment (from plantdrive. com) so I can use vegetable oil as a fuel, but as long as I keep away from high sulfur canola oil*, I'm in the clear. Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles
  • Keep away from camp site lavatories and also stay some distance from the trees. Times, Sunday Times
  • As another Greek author, Hesiod, put it, "Keep away from the gossip of people.
  • The electricity teaches them to keep away from the structure, so that there is virtually no wear and tear.
  • The label on the inside of my jeans tells me that I am just the right size for a man my age, that I should turn them inside out to wash them and to keep away from fire.
  • Its scary growl made us keep away from the dog.
  • Sometimes you can stink without letting off a smell and people will still keep away.
  • People should keep away from the radioactive waste.
  • It might be best to keep away from the good china while watching this romcom. The Sun
  • Disinfection powder is sprinkled outside animal enclosures to keep away insects and pests.
  • First thing you are going to need are mosquito coils or citronella candles to keep away the winged blood-suckers.
  • He disagreed withy my use of the word cordon, replying: "It's not necessarily to keep away from them, but to keep them away from us," adding that extra space for reporters give us room to roam, and ensures nobody inadvertently encroaches on that space. Liblogs.ca latest blog entries
  • Empty pesticide bags and cartons can be burned unless the law prohibits such, but you must keep away from the toxic smoke.
  • In summer, they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.
  • Britain's countryside was placed on red alert yesterday as both city and rural dwellers were told to keep away from farmland.
  • The police exhorted the villagers to keep away from the influence of alcohol and illicit distilled arrack in the interest of their health.
  • Libyan TV broadcast live pictures of what it called "barbaric crusader bombing" and warned citizens to keep away from ordnance, saying it could contain illegal chemical or biological substances. Is Muammar Gaddafi a target? PM and military split over war aims
  • But on this occasion police pre-empted the event and warned drivers to keep away.
  • The Clinic has plans to market insecticidal papers which need to be interleafed in books and magazines to keep away silverfish and bookworms.
  • While I'm waiting for my magnifying glass to turn up I shall keep away from painting miniatures.
  • Just keep away from the burning pyres of fetid animal carcasses, and you'll be fine!
  • Well, then, here is to your good health! for you must know, I have set a nipperkin of toddy by me, just by way of spell, to keep away the meikle horned deil, or any of his subaltern imps who may be on their nightly rounds. The Letters of Robert Burns
  • But on this occasion police pre-empted the event and warned drivers to keep away.
  • The villagers pledged to keep away from liquor and also shun illicit distillers from their area.
  • But this was not enough to keep away mosquitoes, which started to arrive and drift towards the flames.
  • The Chinese kept tiny fossilized fish in their food stores to keep away insect pests called silverfish.
  • One of the men had climbed through the parcel hatch and told her to keep away from the alarm button but she activated it as they left and saw they had a fourth man as a getaway driver outside.
  • I signed to him to keep away, but he continued to advance.
  • In summer, they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.
  • You must keep away from the dog.
  • On the beach at the outlying isle of Espanola, boatloads of tourists pick their way among the sea lion pups cuddling flipper-to-flipper, while huge bull sea lions bark angry orders to keep away from their harems.
  • Keep away from me, ye charry man!" she cried, raising a hand toward him. Wizard and Glass

Report a problem

Please indicate a type of error

Additional information (optional):

This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy