Example Sentences

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Sputnik and RT were keying off two articles in The New York Times, which broke the news of the Alabama efforts.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2019

I don’t know that it impacted us because we really were keying off the tone of the first movie, but it definitely felt right to us.

From The Verge • Jul. 9, 2018

What they said to each other lasted only a moment, and all the while the boys were keying like madmen at the jacks to ease the wheel that had crushed the switchman's thigh.

From The Daughter of a Magnate by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)

The men swarming through the lower lacework of the trestle were keying up with sledge and rope and wrench, adding a pole here and there.

From The Return of Blue Pete by Allan, Luke