But the First's sword kept such threats at bay.

And when that tolling started...The sword kept them back; they wouldn't even look at it.

It was supposed that the sword kept the troubles away.

He went into a mime act, doing a clever imitation of a warrior whose sword kept getting in his way.

Other swords keep their wielders safe or destroy their enemies.

The sword kept them back; they wouldn't even look at it.

Thai Dei tied the wounded boy onto his back, kept his sword in hand.

I gave you that sword to keep.

Somehow, though, the swords kept on swinging, right up to the vertical.

I left the sword in your private enclave in the Keep.