Examples of kempt in a Sentence
a distinguished-looking gentleman with a kempt beard and an old-world manner
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The creeping ivy of rap had crawled over their white picket fences, across their kempt green lawns, and around their Victorian homes, weakening the old walls between cultures.
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Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
5 June 2023
There was a whiff of mystery, a sense that something more was going on behind those well-kempt exteriors.
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Aaron Gilbreath,
Longreads,
9 Feb. 2018
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Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
5 June 2023
There was a whiff of mystery, a sense that something more was going on behind those well-kempt exteriors.
—
Aaron Gilbreath,
Longreads,
9 Feb. 2018
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“Kempt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kempt. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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