Hired and Kept

Hired

Hired adjective - Having services engaged for a fee.
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Kept and hired are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kept" instead a verb "Hired".

Nearby Words: hire, hiring, hirer

Kept

Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.
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Hired and kept are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hired" instead a verb "Kept".

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Crusade Cunning Linguist: The reason Eilerson was hired/kept around.
  • The hitmen that Sigurd hired to get Sasha's notes kept them instead and failed to kill her.
  • He had been hired to find her missing husband, Chester, and when he was mistaken for dead Donohue kept visiting and wouldn't relent.
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