Sentence examples for keeps instead from inspiring English sources

During most of the medieval period, Iberia was divided between Christian and Islamic kingdoms, neither of which traditionally built keeps, instead building watchtowers or mural towers.

People who could afford to keep falcons looked down on those who couldn't — and, by extension, on the birds they kept instead.

It also helps you enjoy the objects that you've consciously decided to keep instead of relegating them to the status of just more stuff.

Since we were only interested in the effect of GO, the native oxide (SiO2) was kept instead of the high-quality thermal SiO2.

But Trudeau has refused to change his position, preferring the political bumper-sticker of "promises: kept!" instead of making rational, thoughtful policy decisions based on current events.

That's right, the "athletic" Colby they kept instead of my beautiful James didn't even last as long as the man with the broken toe.

Within such groups, all probe set lines were kept instead of substituting them with the single mean or median value.

But no, you chose to keep it instead.

"If you're asking me, am I happy because I kept him instead of getting Iginla?

They kept Hughes instead of trading for Santana -- that is where the narrative often ends.

If you behave more optimistically, you will be likely to keep trying instead of giving up after an initial failure.