Examples of 'he had to keep' in a sentence

Meaning of "he had to keep"

implies a situation where a person was required to maintain or retain something, such as a secret, a promise, a possession, or a certain condition

How to use "he had to keep" in a sentence

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he had to keep
He says he had to keep the cylinder safe.
And because he was career military he thought he had to keep it buttoned up.
He had to keep his promise to his wife.
Marcy said that he had to keep moving.
But he had to keep his record clean.
This was a secret he had to keep hidden.
He had to keep it quiet for obvious reasons.
My son said he had to keep some secrets.
He had to keep his mind on the mission.
Only he knew he had to keep his distance.
He had to keep them locked away.
Especially when he had to keep his eyes closed.
He had to keep his mouth shut.
I just feel so terrible that he had to keep this to himself.
And he had to keep the story going.

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We wondered what sort of impossible power he had to keep his promise.
I noticed he had to keep pulling his shorts up.
For the remainder of the flight he had to keep it near him.
Found out he had to keep the rest of her.
What was it about her that he had to keep her?
Perhaps he had to keep his distance.
Although he was exhausted, he had to keep working.
Said he had to keep his eye on me.
She convinced him it was because he had to keep a close eye on their dogs.
But he had to keep his promise.
It was unendurable, so he had to keep his distance.
But he had to keep it all inside.
And for the next two years he had to keep patching up his story.
He had to keep his hand over his throat.
I told him he had to keep going.
He had to keep it that way for two months.
He said he was sorry he had to keep it simple since he was busy.
He had to keep his cover intact.
Do what he was told He had to keep his mouth shut.
So he had to keep her in a battleworthy state.
He knew the answer, but he had to keep up appearances.
But he had to keep his distance.
Above anything else, he had to keep her safe.
Because he had to keep starting over from scratch.
He'd made promises to the boy that he had to keep.
For why he had to keep on living.
I just could not stop laughing, so he had to keep smacking me.
He knew he had to keep this woman at all cost.
His mouth on yours, cos he had to keep you alive.
So he had to keep himself in good shape.
One thing only remained, he had to keep ahead of them.
He had to keep his friend hidden.
In other words, he had to keep up his reputation.
He had to keep on choosing to do the things he did.
In other words, he had to keep the customer waiting.

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