What is "in keeping with"

Usage examples of "in keeping with".

The ticker stood in one corner of the room and, in keeping with the place, it was an almost silent ticker.

Gorman said, adroitly shifting his argument in keeping with what de Tomas had just announced, &quot.

This was in keeping with his reputation as one of the deadliest blades in the West.

Students everywhere, looking bright and cheerful in keeping with the day.

From a distance, the man had seemed sullen and closemouthed, quite in keeping with the business profile GreenInc had on him.

Rafik made a show of refusing the liquor, in keeping with his pretense of conversion to the strict NeoHadithian sect, which had revived all the prohibitions of the First Prophet and then some.

The two-story boathouse was an attractive piece of architecture, in keeping with the house.

The assembled throng stood to welcome her and, in keeping with custom, began clapping.

As there was no earthly necessity for our getting up under another two hours at the very least, and our getting up at that time was an utter absurdity, it was only in keeping with the natural cussedness of things in general that we should both feel that lying down for five minutes more would be death to us.

The Aglaia carried a quartet of ducted-fan aircars, an unusually high number for a naval vessel but in keeping with the expected mission of a communications ship.

Roger supposed that was because it had been impossible even for Matsugae to introduce buttons and buttonholes to the generally unclothed Mardukans in the time available to him, but the ties lent the outfit an air of barbarism that was somehow in keeping with the whole crazy affair.

External action can also be taken up in this yoga but it must be in keeping with the inner life.

Despite the fact that he could not recall having ever slept in a more comfortable bed (for his quarters at the Retreat had always been in keeping with the ascetic ways of the older contemplative mages), he was unable to find a position that would allow him to return to the arms of Morpheus.