How to pronounce kept
Listen to kept in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“kept” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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I kept trying, I kept missing.
National Park Service · watch from 3:43 · hear it here
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It’s true, promises kept, made, promises kept.
EPA · watch from 6:48 · hear it here
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a foreign owner that kept it kept it alive.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 26:50 · hear it here
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Cross was what kept me together, kept my family together, and kept me and all my
FEMA · watch from 1:03 · hear it here
Why real speech
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