How to Use carry on with in a Sentence

carry on with

idiom
  • And so the poor kid had to carry on with life, with no mama.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2022
  • This response pushed me to carry on with even more passion, aware of how much work is yet to be done.
    Francesca Marani, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The center, however, found a way to carry on with the learning.
    Neetish Basnet, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The Body Lotion Moisturize that skin and carry on with your life.
    Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 May 2022
  • In the 55-minute recording, a man admits that ISIS groups are losing and urges his followers to carry on with the fight.
    CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Then customers and clerks carry on with their business.
    Kyle Smith, wsj.com, 4 May 2023
  • Twitter still has the option to carry on with the trial, set for Oct. 17 in Delaware.
    Scott Nover, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Putin’s troop call-up was a shock for city residents, who for seven months had done their best to carry on with their lives.
    Matthew Bodner, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • As Western sanctions piled on Russia, many tried to carry on with their lives.
    Stu Woo and Thomas Grove, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022
  • As the country marks the million milestone, these are stories of five who died - and the many others who carry on with a gaping hole in their lives.
    Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2022
  • But he’s shaken up, Brenda Tsay said, and trying to carry on with little tasks throughout the day.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2023
  • But China's leader Xi Jinping has vowed to carry on with the zero-Covid policy, even as the rest of the world learns to live with the virus and move on from the pandemic.
    Nectar Gan and Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN, 3 June 2022
  • Michael is forced to carry on with work and to begin to date, all while pretending he’s not devastated.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 27 July 2022
  • But, over time and with ample encouragement from the Kremlin, the general public was able to carry on with life and not think too much about the war.
    Matthew Bodner, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Only three companies did not plan to carry on with any element of the four-day workweek.
    Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Hall said the group had grounds to sue — since it has been deprived of the opportunity to carry on with its wreath laying ceremony at the base of the statue.
    Hartford Courant, 7 June 2022
  • Last fall, Rossington talked to Rolling Stone about classic bands that carry on with just a few, if any, original members.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2023
  • In this light, carbon credits are a means to an end—not an excuse to carry on with poor practice without consequence.
    Jeff Kart, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
  • That’s if Boca Raton decides to carry on with its election, which could cost a quarter of a million dollars.
    Wells Dusenbury, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Yet, even as every part of the country is within range of a Russian missile attack, those who haven't fled are trying to carry on with life as normal.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Grier praised Marchment as a hard worker and said members of the Sharks staff would carry on with their responsibilities at the draft with heavy hearts.
    Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2022
  • If the answer is no, namely that the child would not be an endangerment to the self-driving car, the AI driving system is likely to be programmed to simply carry on with the driving task.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The online-only Filmart will carry on with its planned dates of March 14-17, according to organizers.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Elsewhere, the remaining Concacaf squads carry on with first-round qualification games for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 3 June 2021
  • But vaccinated people can carry on with their lives, experts say.
    Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Prince William has been out and about over the past few days as royal family members carry on with their duties in the wake of the publication of Prince Harry’s controversial memoir.
    Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The show plays out across dual timelines, chronicling the girls' increasingly violent struggle for survival during the 1990s, and the survivors' attempts to carry on with their lives—and conceal their darkest secrets—two decades later.
    Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 7 July 2022
  • There’s no clear path to citizenship and no easy route to staying, other than jumping from temporary visa to visa as their peers with permanent residency or citizenship carry on with school, work and life.
    NBC News, 1 July 2021
  • On Saturday, social media accounts for Kindness for Colleen encouraged the community to carry on with the tradition.
    Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Across the city, amateur and professional dancers are donning sneakers, masks and lots of layers to carry on with a familiar ritual that, for many, is essential to maintaining physical and mental health.
    New York Times, 2 Feb. 2021

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