Example Sentences

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But Soto told Martinez they weren’t in the exact spot he was keying on.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2021

He took his blinkers off, suspecting that tunneling his vision straight ahead was keying the colt up and making him tougher for Gomez to handle.

From New York Times • May 1, 2010

He was keying himself up to sustain a fresh excitement.

From Dark Hollow by Green, Anna Katharine

Inwardly she was keying taut the strings of her self-possession.

From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore

While he was keying up his violin, Gyp's conduct in never having come there for so long struck him as bitterly unjust.

From Beyond by Galsworthy, John