keys
/ (kiːz) /
Scot dialect a children's cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game
Origin of keys
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How to use keys in a sentence
Hands shaking… I found the right keys and locked the door bars.
Frat Culture Clashes With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival | Melanie Plenda | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat was America supposed to do after Pearl Harbor, put the keys to the Golden Gate in an airmail envelope and send them to Tojo?
Up To A Point: What We Really Need Is a Nobel War Prize | P. J. O’Rourke | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLast Thursday, the United Nations released a report that could provide us with one of the keys to defeating ISIS.
On April 25, 1941, the Gestapo moved into the building and I had to give all the keys to the Germans.
My Grandfather's War: Recovering the Art the Nazis Stole | Anne Sinclair | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut M. Picard advised me against it and even added that it would be unwise to keep the keys.
My Grandfather's War: Recovering the Art the Nazis Stole | Anne Sinclair | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Before the spinet a bench was placed about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftShe sat perfectly still before the piano, not touching the keys, while Robert carried her message to Edna at the window.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinTony's stool was nearer to the bass keys of the piano, while the sofa Lettice lay upon had certainly been drawn up towards him.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe keyboard had eleven, twelve, even thirteen keys in diatonic succession without semitones.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe pallets were connected to the keys by a series of levers, known as the tracker action.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing Miller
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