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How to use keep down in a sentence

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I'm much taller than the children on the field and they keep hissing at me to keep down.
As we neared the shore we were ordered to keep down to avoid getting wounded should the enemy start shelling the incoming craft.
This probably works fine with run-of-the-mill goods and helps to keep down the cost of claims, and hence premiums.
Wildlife and beneficial birds return to help keep down insects and other pests.
He trains on his own, often a solitary figure with nothing but a support car behind him, and goes to bed hungry to keep down his weight.
The introduction of managed care may be societally necessary to keep down costs.
The move should help keep down construction inflation costs and make building sites safer.
And if necessary, yes, it has to be publicly subsidised to keep down the cost of travel.
They keep down the rodent population in Egypt's economically important grain fields along the Nile.
The administration of ice chips is one way to reduce mouth dryness, make patients more comfortable, and keep down bacterial overgrowth.
Mike already has a layer of wood chip mulch in place around his plants to keep down weeds and conserve moisture.
Some employers pay less than the minimum wage to keep down the costs of running their business.
Use alternate applications of alcohol-free goldenseal extract and tea tree oil to keep down infection and speed healing.
That's very important for the communities to keep down the costs, two-way trade.
It could sit in the country, somewhere near the centre, in order to keep down transport costs incurred for defendants and witnesses.
The volume business is essentially needed to keep down the unit fixed costs.
However, it is seen as a sign of the kind of co-operation on which the two banks are increasingly likely to embark in an effort to keep down costs.
Pressing a hand over his mouth, he stifled the wretch he could not keep down, pushing out a hand in front of him to wave the door which was already slightly ajar open.
Unlike free running and other kinds of endurance sports, zorbing does not require any level of skill or fitness, only the ability to keep down your food!
There, some 5,000 years ago, people tamed African tabby wildcats to serve as hunting retrievers and to keep down mice and rats.
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Examples from Classical Literature
This fact of itself tends to keep down the size of the storage cell which is most popular.
It is to deafen, to keep down in some measure, the clamors of his bad conscience.
Sport was invented only to keep down your adipose tissue and turn you into a decent citizen.
Closed drives and spindle systems also keep down dust caused by abrasion, making the machines suitable for clean room production.
We always dress the surface with grit to retain moisture yet stop the neck of the cuttings from rotting and to keep down weeds and liverwort.
But the fightin' taught me to keep down the steam an' not do things I'd be sorry for afterward.
Egypt is looking to keep down borrowing costs as it looks to resuscitate the economy.
We are now hearing stories of hard-up families huddling together in beds early in the night in a bid to keep down costs.
The monetary policy of the National Bank allowed to maintain stable development pace of the banking system and to keep down inflation.
Ross found it hard to keep down his temper at this discourtesy.
You can keep down a feudal aristocracy by levelling a few heads, but you can't subdue a hydra with thousands.
However, the Office for Budget Responsibility has said that UK will need seven million migrants in the next 50 years to keep down national debt, the report added.
There are also ladies and gentlemen of another fashion, not so new, but very elegant, who have agreed to put a smooth glaze on the world and to keep down all its realities.
Heyward was also nigh, supporting himself against a tree, and endeavoring to keep down those sudden risings of sorrow that it required his utmost manhood to subdue.
The garden will include plants which will be attractive to birds and insects, as well as plants which will be donated from local residents to keep down costs.
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