How to Use keep going in a Sentence

keep going

phrasal verb
  • Talk about a chart that keeps going up and to the right.
    — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 6 June 2024
  • But the venue only cut the PA — not the stage — so the band kept going.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Just move on to the next investor on the list and keep going.
    — Mike Mahlkow, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The fish kept going and the rod Jerked and quivered, but Dorsey held on.
    — Arthur Grahame, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2025
  • Colorado got two back in the fifth, but the Mets kept going.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
  • My dad’s house was on this small hill, but the hill kept going.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 20 July 2024
  • Instead, the book just keeps going, trundling through the years.
    — Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The light bulb that keeps going even when the power goes out!
    — airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025
  • But the train keeps going, and there are many happy stops on the way, as well.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
  • There was a mixture of cheers and boos from the crowd but Barkley kept going.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • The goal at the time was to keep going, not to achieve something massive.
    — As Told To Lindy Segal, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Somehow life keeps going again and again, even in the worst chaos.
    — Dina Gachman Daniel Arnold, New York Times, 25 May 2024
  • Here’s what Cherif does behind the scenes to keep going.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 25 July 2023
  • In the scuffle, the man is pushed to the ground while the suspects keep going through his pockets.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • So, if the number on the scale doesn't change right away, don't give up—keep going.
    — Sarah Felbin, Women's Health, 18 Apr. 2023
  • So to be able to get that out and get through that allowed Jack to keep going.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Wheeler was such a hit on Friends that the writers kept going back to the well.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Bonds are in control as the long end of the yield curve keeps going higher.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Somehow, the actor kept going and finished the shot, which was kept in the film.
    — Skyler Trepel, People.com, 25 May 2025
  • Now this feels more like the paradise Nan keeps going on about.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 July 2025
  • Their only choice has been to get back up and keep going.
    — Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The bomb kept going until the second day in the morning.
    — CBS News, 12 May 2024
  • Shania loves a key change. Smith: Just keeps going up and up and up.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • And that arm touched it and kept going and going and going.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The driver kept going, police said.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The wrong-way driver kept going southbound, state police said, as the other car sat on the shoulder of the highway.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Once the overtime started, the game just keeps going.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The rail authority keeps going with the project.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The cost of drug trials keeps going up, while success rates are going down.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The kid who gets straight A’s through high school may struggle more in college than the one who foundered in ninth grade, figured out what went wrong, and then kept going.
    — Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026

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