keep house
Example Sentences
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As those homely implements suggest, “Terce” focuses on the work of people not often celebrated in liturgy: those who keep house, cultivate gardens, nurture children.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
There were no kitchens in the rooms, and maid service was provided, so the “temptation” to keep house was absent.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2021
Staff kept girls in cottages and trained them to work and keep house.
From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2020
Instead, they are expected to marry, keep house and bring up a new generation – and strengthen the narrative that this is not a terrorist group, but a state all Muslims must join.
From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2014
She wouldn’t do it just to keep house for him.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
