How to Use keep going in a Sentence

keep going

phrasal verb
  • But the venue only cut the PA — not the stage — so the band kept going.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
  • There was a mixture of cheers and boos from the crowd but Barkley kept going.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • Somehow life keeps going again and again, even in the worst chaos.
    Dina Gachman Daniel Arnold, New York Times, 25 May 2024
  • Here’s what Cherif does behind the scenes to keep going.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 25 July 2023
  • In the scuffle, the man is pushed to the ground while the suspects keep going through his pockets.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • So, if the number on the scale doesn't change right away, don't give up—keep going.
    Sarah Felbin, Women's Health, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The bomb kept going until the second day in the morning.
    CBS News, 12 May 2024
  • And that arm touched it and kept going and going and going.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Dark though things have been, keep going— Faith has got a way of growing.
    Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Love, the act of love, like the series of green lights, was moving me forward, telling me to keep going.
    Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Someone who doesn’t let up and keeps going for the full six minutes.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
  • That kept going in that fashion until maybe The Shield.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Or keep going back and forth an hour until the sun explodes?
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The fire kept going out, then being relit, a trick candle on a cake made of clouds.
    Mary Jo Bang, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Wharton copied it like a pattern — and kept going from there.
    Emily Schwing, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Our eyes keep going back and forth between her arches and her warm glowy blush.
    Annie Blay, Allure, 6 May 2024
  • Her goal is to pass the torch so that her culture, which has survived for hundreds of years, can keep going.
    Tanay Howard, Parents, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Don't just sit there, do something -- make progress but don't allow this to keep going.
    Mariam Khan, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • At only 15, the teenager kept going to school, having to haunt, fish and care for himself.
    Maëlle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • These firms should keep going and need not worry about the Agile label.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Until the game just kept going past the initial eight minutes of stoppage time added.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
  • The party kept going into the early hours of the morning, with many guests staying past 4 a.m.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
  • In editing that scene, Lame kept going back to the idea of Kitty protecting Robert.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
  • So [the awareness] is very widespread, but at the same time, meat consumption keeps going up.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 22 May 2024
  • The driver kept going after hitting Williams, leaving her face-down in the street.
    Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
  • But who among us has not experienced deep loss yet still found a way to keep going?
    Brontez Purnell, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But there's something huge going on with what is in the show, and that may have something to do with why people keep going back to it.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Despite this, Robyn still aimed to serve as a source of encouragement for Meri to keep going.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
  • As the officials reviewed the play, Green yelled to a crowd that was yelling at him, while clapping and gesturing for the fans to keep going.
    Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Young stopped for a pull-up and Hield's momentum kept going, but Hield leaped and threw his right arm up to block Young's attempt at a jumper.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2024

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