Sentence examples for kept me back from inspiring English sources

The knee feels really good; it's just a cold that has kept me back for a few days.

I had something similar, later on, with a teacher called Mrs McNeill, the flame-haired beauty of St Michael's, who kept me back after school to train me for exams, with the help of WB Yeats.

Believe me, the only thing that's kept me back's the prospect of having to . . .

Logically, I knew I should, but my gut kept me back.

As I stood at the top, gazing into the blackness, one thought kept me back.

What had kept me back then was the difficult healing process, but I'd finally had enough of looking like a giant problem.

"It keeps me back — from engaging in the dreams and aspirations I have," he said.

I remember the police telling our lawyer to keep me back because there were threats on my life.

"Because I am a woman they wanted to keep me back at the Primary Health Centre for my safety.

That's what kept me coming back.

It was what kept me coming back to him.