Sentence examples for contracted to keep from inspiring English sources

Until this point the sphincters remain contracted to keep the urethral exit closed, but eventually the desire to micturate becomes urgent and irrepressible.

He was kicked and beaten, as well as stabbed multiple times by a member or members of the organization contracted to keep order and guard the stage: the Hell's Angels, a name that suits the double nature of Dionysus.

Increasing numbers of states have contracted to keep their prisons at 90% to 100% capacity.

Talk story about a new service which claims to be the first outfit ever to contract to keep the sidewalks clean by mechanical means, steam-cleaning….

The chilly water causes the blood vessels near the skin to contract to keep as much blood as possible away from the cold.

It would prohibit judges from sealing court files, but it does not prevent the parties themselves from contracting to keep a settlement secret -- which could be in their narrow self-interest but is clearly not in the broader public interest.

Enter Basis, a year-old, 10-person, Hoboken, N.J.-based cryptocurrency startup at work on a "stable coin" whose elastic supply will ostensibly expand and contract to keep its value at about a dollar instead of all over the map.

The Lakers could offer a more lucrative contract to keep him.

It occurs when people stand still, for example, and their muscles contract to keep them upright.

Indeed, in future some companies might be even more attracted to complicated contracts to keep their competitors in the dark.

The Brotherhood says that when Egyptians elected Morsi, they entered into an unbreakable contract to keep him for four years.