(1) While in Washington, he got to know many who had worked at the White House and elsewhere with their own fragment of history – valets, housekeepers, cooks, secretaries, secret service agents, groundskeepers, and others.
(2) Thirty young workers (aged 14 to 19 years) employed as groundskeepers and custodians were randomly assigned to two groups; one group received body mechanics instruction and the other did not.
Keeper
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.
(n.) One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.
(n.) One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.
(n.) One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
(n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.
(n.) A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.
Example Sentences:
(1) 3.14pm BST 14 mins: It's quite a pleasing thing that, some 22 years after the passback rule was put in place, fans still applaud a player heading the ball back to the keeper.
(2) It's straight at Stockdale, though the keeper needs two attempts to get the ball under control in these awkward conditions.
(3) The disastrous launches of SimCity and Battlefield 4 , the confining and somewhat invasive nature of the publisher’s Origin digital gaming platform and the voraciously monetised smartphone version of Dungeon Keeper, have kicked further dents in its reputation.
(4) Liam Fox, regarded as the flame-keeper of the Tory right, would also be a prime target for the Lib Dems.
(5) This was the keeper’s introduction to English football following his £17m move from Barcelona and perhaps, in hindsight, it was a mistake from Guardiola not to ease him in against West Ham a couple of weeks ago.
(6) Juan nearly pokes a backpass past an advancing Julio Cesar; the keeper does well to hack clear.
(7) Although Hart turned another Götze chance behind early in the second half, after Blaszczykowski and Lukasz Piszczek had neatly combined on the right, there was nothing he could do when Reus intercepted the blind pass Rodwell attempted to play to Nastasic and drove into the area before shooting across the City keeper.
(8) He's got the jump on Mathijsen, but not on the keeper, who surges off his line to clear.
(9) Meyler was in unfamiliar territory on the right side of defence and performed brilliantly in the second half but Germany’s next opportunity of note came on the opposite flank when Marc Wilson’s backpass to Forde was left short and the keeper nervously found the stand, despite his initial touch almost reaching Thomas Müller with a clear path to goal.
(10) As the storm rages, the keepers of the euro flame have lined up to offer radical ways to rewrite the single currency's rules to make the project more viable in the long term.
(11) Eventually, Ballance tried to reverse sweep Ajantha Mendis, but he could only edge to the keeper.
(12) You can’t have a go at him as the keeper has made a fantastic save for the second one.
(13) Gaddafi, as vigilant keeper of the flame, kept a weather eye open, heaping privileges on some and prestige on others in order to consolidate alliances and plaster over any cracks that threatened to appear.
(14) The keeper hurled himself in front of it to pull off an improbable block!
(15) Keepers clean the babies by using a cotton swab warmed to the same temperature as the mother's tongue.
(16) 90+2 min Howard Webb books the keeper Benaglio for timewasting.
(17) He makes it to the area and draws Krul, but his cheeky chip over the advancing keeper floats wide left of the open goal.
(18) Stokes sent a downward header towards the far corner from seven yards but the pesky keeper again meddled, diving full length to push it to safety.
(19) We felt Tim would be the most appropriate keeper to save penalties.
(20) Jelavic's penalty was saved by the Baggies keeper Ben Foster but Rosenior was on hand to head home the rebound and score his first senior goal since October 2009.