UPKEEP in a Sentence
Learn UPKEEP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for UPKEEP, such as:
1. The cost of upkeep is born by the state.
2. Was looking after the upkeep of the road, he declared.
3. This also assumes that new buildings cost nothing in upkeep and operating costs.
2. Was looking after the upkeep of the road, he declared.
3. This also assumes that new buildings cost nothing in upkeep and operating costs.
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Meanings and Examples of UPKEEP
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upkeep
n. activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Classic Sentence:
1 The minute Sue got her hands on a little money she'd give herself unendurable airs and never contribute one cent toward the upkeep of Tara.
2 And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates.
3 Was looking after the upkeep of the road, he declared.
Example Sentence:
1 This also assumes that new buildings cost nothing in upkeep and operating costs.
2 The cost of upkeep is born by the state.