How to Use keeper in a Sentence

keeper

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  • Hold on to that boyfriend of yours—he's a keeper!
  • But on that day, there were no more than 10 tourists, a tour guide and the park keeper.
    — Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Brissett took a keeper to the left side three yards to make it 18-0 on the opening drive of the half.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Elba of course plays Heimdall, the keeper of the bifrost and one of Thor's best friends.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 7 July 2022
  • Rising on the keeper, good blocking up front, as was the case most of the night, Utah down a point.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The play started with a goal kick from U.S. keeper Matt Turner that was knocked down by the wind.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2022
  • After a drive brought the Mariners to the doorstep, Tennison smashed it on a keeper from a yard out.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Plus, anyone who doesn’t bat an eye at a wonky cake is a keeper.
    — Washington Post, 2 May 2022
  • For the camp to survive, all must act as their brother’s keeper.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Rising with a two-yard keeper up the middle on fourth-and-1 from the Arizona 42.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Judy Orr James is a keeper of treasures from Akron’s past.
    — Lynne Sherwin, cleveland, 21 July 2022
  • In the meantime, Jesus remains the keeper of all knowledge about the rock daisy.
    — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Her keeper, Ryan Tang, took that as a sign to open the garden hose, aiming the spray over her head and across her face.
    — Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2022
  • Ivey is a keeper, evidenced by his career-high 26 points in that loss to the Celtics.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Four plays later, Lawrence ran a keeper from the 3, but had the ball knocked out of his hands by Jason Pinnock.
    — Dennis Waszak Jr., courant.com, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Now facing third-and-goal from 3, a Rising keeper out of the shotgun appeared to cross the goal line, but he was ruled down at the 1.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Stroud kept that drive going with a 16-yard keeper on fourth down at the Northwestern 37.
    — Andrew Seligman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Chase Garbers scores on a 2-yard keeper to the right side, and the Bears capitalize on the Beavers’ turnover with a touchdown.
    — oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Quarterback Evan Herbig just picked up 49 yards on a keeper to flip the field and move the ball into the red zone on the other end of the field.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
  • In the third quarter, Smith threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to Murray and later scored on a 7-yard keeper.
    — oregonlive, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Smith scored the game’s third goal in the 51st minute on a brilliant right-footed take with pace that crossed the face of goal from right to left and out of the keeper’s reach, making it 3-0.
    — oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Adeniran dribbled into the left side of the penalty area and then struck a rolling shot that slid past the keeper and inside the near post at 56:06.
    — Greg Luca, Chron, 29 June 2022
  • The sophomore keeper had five saves, nearly half with his feet, and perhaps none bigger than the one with 16:30 left.
    — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Xavier scored first when Kron had a touchdown on a 1-yard quarterback keeper with 6:08 left in the first quarter.
    — Lori Riley, courant.com, 16 Oct. 2021
  • In the case of the gorillas, the park confirmed that a keeper with an asymptomatic infection was the most likely source of the virus.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Taub creates a score that should be a keeper with melodies that linger and lyrics that are both witty and insightful.
    — Frank Rizzo, Variety, 30 Aug. 2022
  • But Gotham keeper Ashlyn Harris was up to the challenge in making six saves.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
  • That’d be Dan Snyder, keeper of what used to be my favorite football Team.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Towards the end of the scene, the rancor’s keeper comes into the creature’s dungeon and is inconsolable over the creature’s demise.
    — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2022

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