keeping fast

Example Sentences

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He's keeping fast company, part of a jazz quartet that also includes drummer Billy Higgins, trumpeter Don Cherry and Ornette Coleman, who is exploring the outside edge of the stratosphere with his alto sax.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the door was shut on Maria, who had concealed the doll under her cloak, she hid herself under the couch, keeping fast hold of the string which was fastened to its head.

From The Crimson Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew

Then, edging slightly round, and drawing in the boots, he made a half-face towards me—still, however, keeping fast to his chair.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

And Katipah, keeping fast hold of the string, would watch where it mounted and looked so small, and think that surely some day her kite would bring her the only thing she much cared about.

From The Blue Moon by Housman, Laurence

He forced his way to the door, the boy still keeping fast hold of his arm.

From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by Anstey, F.