Examples of 'kept in check' in a sentence

Meaning of "kept in check"

kept in check ~ This phrase implies that something or someone is being monitored, controlled, or restrained to prevent any excessive or undesirable behavior or actions. It suggests that a particular situation or individual is being effectively managed or regulated

How to use "kept in check" in a sentence

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kept in check
This is kept in check by cleaners and volunteers.
Futile expenses need to be carefully kept in check.
This condition was kept in check with medication.
This is natural but needs to be kept in check.
He is still kept in check by the other experts.
Those elements have so far been kept in check.
This is usually kept in check by using tally marks.
The good guys do not need to be kept in check.
Its power is kept in check by five mystic gems.
This trend must be kept in check.
It is kept in check by death and infancy.
Nor will it be easily kept in check.
They are kept in check as long as he makes it to his weekly treatments.
Hospital expenses need to be kept in check.
Cardiovascular disease is also kept in check by regular consumption of strawberries.

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France was another rival to be kept in check.
Often these aphids are kept in check by natural predators.
The craving is easily and effectively kept in check.
Spending was kept in check and we almost had a balanced budget.
Diarrhoea and constipation have to be kept in check as well.
This disease may be kept in check by fungicides sprayed for botrytis.
Mosquito populations could be kept in check.
His immense power is kept in check by his morals and loyalty.
Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check.
This type of behavior is often kept in check by the community regulars.
It is therefore high time that rating agencies were kept in check.
If they are not kept in check the risks could be very substantially increased.
I will make sure that avaricious landlords are kept in check.
Their aggression will be kept in check by a host of interplanetary treaties and alliances.
The celebrating and adrenaline rush need to be kept in check.
These transformations are usually kept in check by artifacts enchanted to suppress her magic.
Our passions and our prejudices must be kept in check.
This aggression must be kept in check with thorough and rigorous training.
Expectations are always kept in check.
Their tongues are often kept in check through the threat of imprisonment and deportation.
So he has created an atmosphere of fear and his people are kept in check.
Also other risk factors should be kept in check and treated when appropriate.
The monetary policy was well conducted and inflationary pressures kept in check.
The two Roman armies were kept in check on each front.
We have been asking for years that they should be kept in check.
RTD management costs will be kept in check and procedures will be streamlined and simplified.
The speed with which epidemics could spread was thus kept in check.
It is kept in check by the Good Force.
Budgets can be kept in check.
The benefits could be severely undermined if abuse and overuse are not kept in check.
Thus the Islamic majority have only been kept in check by military intervention.
Ambition kept in check only by his rivals like Antonius Agrippa.
These two factors are extremely important and must be kept in check during pregnancy.
There David kept in check these enemies of Israel.
Tankard and George can be kept in check.

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