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
• 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
• Democrats have begun to reclaim it and should keep at it.
  — Michael Sokolove, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2022
• Learning that Lovelace loved to draw, the judge admonished Lovelace to keep at it.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 9 May 2021
• Get your blog up and running, start posting to your Instagram page, and keep at it.
  — Allbusiness, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
• Other ambitious self-starters will counsel you to hitch up your trousers and keep at it.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
• 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
• If things don't go perfectly, don't be discouraged and keep at it.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2021
• Gingee does love to play with dangling objects and can keep at it endlessly.
  — The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2021
• 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
• Really just dedicated a lot of our time to practicing and getting better and just tried to just keep at it.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 13 July 2022
• 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
• The responsibility now falls on you to keep at it because the talent's been identified.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 May 2023
• Elon Musk, pursuing his own personal interests, is urging them to keep at it.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024