How to Use keep at it in a Sentence
keep at it
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The most important thing is to jump in and do it, and keep at it.
—oregonlive, 8 July 2020
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John McPhee, who turned 92 in March, would like to keep at it for a while — the writing, and the breathing.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
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Democrats have begun to reclaim it and should keep at it.
—Michael Sokolove, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2022
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Learning that Lovelace loved to draw, the judge admonished Lovelace to keep at it.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 9 May 2021
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Get your blog up and running, start posting to your Instagram page, and keep at it.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
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Other ambitious self-starters will counsel you to hitch up your trousers and keep at it.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
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New designers are added to the platform all the time, and many, including Leanne, plan to keep at it even when the pandemic ends.
—Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 12 Jan. 2021
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If things don't go perfectly, don't be discouraged and keep at it.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2021
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Gingee does love to play with dangling objects and can keep at it endlessly.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2021
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Anybody willing to endure a broken back jumping a limousine, and keep at it—those types were rare.
—David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2020
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Really just dedicated a lot of our time to practicing and getting better and just tried to just keep at it.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 13 July 2022
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There is even a name for them: zama zamas, a Zulu colloquial term meaning to persevere, to keep at it.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
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The responsibility now falls on you to keep at it because the talent's been identified.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 May 2023
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Elon Musk, pursuing his own personal interests, is urging them to keep at it.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
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When a standoff draws out for hours, negotiators evaluate the situation to decide whether to keep at it.
—David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2020
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Kwiatek is emblematic of a large but little-known swath of the art world — those who have never been famous and likely never will be but doggedly, passionately keep at it anyway.
—Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023
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Yet the most committed artists manage to stick around; players who keep playing become better players; amateurs grow into professionals — and some, who never make a career, keep at it for fun.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
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Kiehm, who likely spends more days each year pursuing steelhead on local waters than any other angler through personal outings and trips with clients through PK Fishing Tours, his part-time guiding business, will keep at it.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2023
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Just as thieves keep a close watch on your front stoop for boxes during the holiday shopping season, Amazon's annual summer sale extravaganza has given them a reason to keep at it during the summer.
—Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022
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And Swiontek, in California, wonders whether the logistical realities of work and family life will limit new cyclists’ abilities to keep at it.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 13 May 2020
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