keep tally
Example Sentences
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The third scrutator reads each name aloud, while the cardinals keep tally.
From Time Magazine Archive
You will have to scale every stick cut in your district and keep tally on all the lumber that is taken out.
From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.
Antonio and Sebastian are ridiculing Gonzalo for his efforts to cheer and console them. 395-3 Tell means keep tally.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
"I'll keep tally," proffered Edith Brownlie, glad to escape the more certain duty of tying the cords about the boughs.
From Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays by Penrose, Margaret
O, could my heart keep tally with the surge That here comes crowding!
From The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
