Sample Sentences forupkeep (auto-selected)
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The talk was all of the trade that came and went on the waterways and the growth of the traffic on the river, as the roads out of the East towards Mirkwood vanished or fell into disuse; and of the bickerings of the Lake-men and the Wood-elves about the upkeep of the Forest River and the care of the banks. (source)upkeep = the maintenance required to keep something in good working order
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In her opinion, the firm should pay for our upkeep, but that's ridiculous.† (source)
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Their ships needed upkeep: floors mopped, walls painted, windows washed, trash taken out.† (source)
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These things were a man's job, he liked to say, proud of his own upkeep.† (source)
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"Let me remind you," Barney Northrup said, "the rent here is cheaper than what your old house costs in upkeep."† (source)
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He had a one-room apartment over a garage, enjoyed doing the repairs and upkeep on the old lodge, loved being back within walking distance of untamed country, and was staying sober.† (source)
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The field had been a grazing pasture when the school operated a dairy, selling milk to local customers— one of the state of Florida's schemes to relieve the taxpayer burden of the boys' upkeep.† (source)
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The dispersal of the rest was rather minutely itemized: the taxes and improvements on the Lake Geneva estate had come to almost nine thousand dollars; the general up-keep, including Beatrice's electric and a French car, bought that year, was over thirty-five thousand dollars.† (source)
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They were parked on the opposite side of the street, outside a duplex of identical construction and upkeep.† (source)
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Courtesans go through the same experience: they're taken in at a young age, and are bound to their brothels until they can earn back every coin that went into their training, upkeep, and wardrobe.† (source)
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But if I threaten to leave him, he calls me the poor little rich girl (which, if we actually were rich, would be a whole different story) and says I can't leave him because no man we know around here could afford the upkeep!† (source)
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Just basic upkeep.† (source)
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I'm thinking I could just rent something, one of those streamlined efficiencies that wouldn't need any upkeep.† (source)
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Dark blue means scientist or researcher, and green means support staff—they do maintenance, upkeep, things like that.† (source)
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He spent half a million (deductible) yen a month on its upkeep.† (source)
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And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labor on the upkeep of hedges and gates.† (source)
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