Sentence examples for kept their remarks from inspiring English sources

Some kept their remarks short; others poorly mimicked the rise-and-fall cadences of revival-tent preachers.

Mostly, winners and presenters kept their remarks on point and low key, as if sensing that in the current climate, movie stars are better seen than heard.

FOUR A'S, FOUR LETTERS For decades, speakers at the Four A's conferences carefully kept their remarks G-rated, perhaps reflecting the commissions they collected from what a character in the movie "A Letter to Three Wives" called "the most respected trademarks in the American home".

(Numerous other policemen I spoke with either declined to comment or asked that their remarks be kept off the record.

Throughout the election campaign, aides to John McCain, boiling with fury and incomprehension at Sarah Palin's staggering lack of qualifications for the role of running-mate were moaning to journalists, but insisting that their remarks be kept off the record until the vote so as not to harm their candidate.

(Numerous other policemen I spoke with either declined to comment or asked that their remarks be kept off the record. Their fears are not unfounded: an N.Y.P.D. officer named Adhyl Polanco was suspended, and later reassigned, after he complained internally about stop-and-frisk).

Ms. Martin kept her remarks fairly short.

Fighting bronchitis, Mr. Edwards kept his remarks short.

He kept his remarks to under three minutes.

Afterward, an angry Messier kept his remarks short.

Ms. Knowles, who sang at Mr. Obama's inauguration in 2009, kept her remarks brief in introducing him.