And a boy needn't drown himself to keep from being a Miss Nancy.
And he borrowed six cents from Dorry and knows Dorry won't say anything ever, and so he's trying to keep from paying.
The next morning I sent out one of my scouts north of the train, the other one ahead, with instructions to keep from one to two miles in front, and I went south of the trail that day.
From here we kept guards out on each side of the trail, with orders to keep from five to six miles from the train, and if any Indians were seen to report at once.
Death again fixed his black eyes upon poor Johannes, who found it hard to keep from sobbing; for he felt ashamed in the presence of Death.
Yet his noble Guide, he saw, was poor and shabby--forced to hard and constant labor to keep from starving.
You were two best of souls to keep frombothering me; and I might have had to fib; and we neither of us like that.
One of the scraps of practical wisdom gained by hardened sufferers is, to keep from spying at horizons when they drop into a pleasant dingle.
O, my, it was all I could do to keep from laughing to see him pull them pants on.
Ma stuffed her handkerchief in her mouth to keep from laffing, when she see Pa look at his-self.
Well, my chum and me sat there in the kitchen, and I stuffed a piece of red table cloth in my mouth to keep from laughing, and my chum held his nose with his finger and thumb, so he wouldn't snort right out.
Mammy say he run away to keep from killin' Ole Marse.
But he did not come a step nearer, only grew fiercer in his final utterances; and at last Salaman stepped forward, just as I was trying hard tokeep from laughing, and plucked the supposed fakir by the garment.
Ny Deen uttered a fierce command to the mahout, the elephant swung round, and I set my teeth hard to keep from shouting to him to stop and take me with him.
In sod houses, dugouts, and log cabins settlers huddled close about the hearth, burning enormous baskets of ten-cent corn to keep from freezing.
During the night the bed broke down and we lay until morning huddled together to keep from freezing.
It was hardly possible to keep from freezing in these houses in winter.
But the driver was soon compelled to drop from the seat, and trudge along slapping his hands and arms against his body to keep from freezing.
Put in earth one-third their length, keep from frost, and occasionally sprinkle, to prevent shriveling, but not so wet as to sprout them.
To keep from falling he had to grab hold of the door facing.
When my feet touched the ground, they felt so stiff I had to grab Mama's skirt to keep from falling.
Papa had to grab his glass of water and take a gulp to keep from choking on the biscuit he was eating.
He then stood back and laughed while we struggled to keep from drowning.
It's really a shame the way that pore man had to hide about just to keep from bein' beat to death 'bout nothin'.
My sister called the other 'oman in the house and shut the door tokeep from listenin' at her.
Ellen hid her face in her lap and tried to keep from counting, but she could not; and as the tremulous sound of the last of the twenty-four died away upon the air, she was shuddering from head to foot.
It is very dishonourable to try to find out that about other people which does not concern you, and which they wish to keep from you.
Ellen tried to keep from smiling, but could not; and others of the party did not try.
Cornelia staggered, and caught the curtain in the doorway to keep from falling.
Artemisia nodded her little head, and bit her pretty lips very hard to keep from speaking.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "keep from" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
