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Sentences with hold

hold
H h
  • OPEC production is holding at around 21.5 million barrels a day. [V prep/adv/adj]
  • ...a voice which hit and held every note with perfect ease and clarity. [VERB noun]
  • Some people just don't like to be held.
  • He held the pen in his mouth while he dialed the number.
  • A London Underground spokesman defended the decision to hold the train until police arrived. [VERB noun]
  • Does your offer still hold? [VERB]
  • She picked up the trophy and held it over her head.
  • You have to hold the button down for several seconds.
  • Our luck couldn't hold for ever. [VERB]
  • Today, most people think that argument no longer holds. [VERB]
  • She showed him the correct way to hold the racket.
  • He was holding a large package in his arms.
  • Democrats say arguments against the bill won't hold up. [VERB PREPOSITION]
  • How long would the roof hold? [VERB]
  • There are lots of tips for bowling, but the first one should teach you how to hold the ball in the right fashion.
  • Hold is often used to indicate that someone or something has the particular thing, characteristic, or attitude that is mentioned. Therefore it takes most of its meaning from the word that follows it.
  • These laws also hold for universities. [VERB]
  • I hold to my belief that people should be allowed to have private lives. [VERB to noun]
  • Will the President be able to hold to this commitment? [VERB + to]
  • I would say it's almost time to hold him to that promise. [VERB noun to noun]
  • To hold a drowning man's head above water
  • To hold one's emotions in check
  • They will hold our tickets until tomorrow
  • hold that man until the police come
  • That cable won't hold much longer
  • How long will the weather hold?
  • Her singing held the audience
  • To hold a meeting
  • He holds a law degree from London
  • To hold the office of director
  • The carton will hold only eight books
  • He can hold his drink well
  • hold him to his promise
  • He holds that the theory is incorrect
  • The old philosophies don't hold nowadays
  • To hold affection for someone
  • I hold him very dear
  • hold the fort against the attack
  • hold on one's way
  • To hold on a semibreve for its full value
  • She has a hold on him
  • A wrist hold
  • Leasehold
  • To hold a prisoner, hold the train
  • To hold one's head up
  • Pillars holding the roof
  • hold your tongue
  • To hold someone's attention
  • To hold a course
  • A muffin should hold you until supper time
  • hold him to his word
  • To hold shares of stock, to hold the office of mayor
  • hold the fort
  • To hold classes in the morning
  • To hold court
  • A bottle that holds a quart
  • To hold a statement to be untrue
  • To hold a mortgage
  • hold tight
  • To hold to a resolution
  • The rope held
  • A rule that holds in any case
  • A plane held over Boston
  • That line is busy — will you hold?
  • To have a firm hold over someone
  • To lose one's hold on life
  • A hold had been placed on your checking account due to suspicion of fraudulent activity.A hold may be placed on an account to limit or prohibit payments against the account for a variety of reasons.If a bank places a hold on an account, the owner cannot take money out of it.
  • Hold the knife at an angle. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
  • He released his hold on the camera.
  • If only he would hold her close to him. [VERB noun adverb]
  • He then held the man in an armlock until police arrived. [VERB noun preposition]
  • ...use of an unauthorized hold on a handcuffed suspect.
  • Soon she was crying bitterly about the pain and was holding her throat. [VERB noun]
  • Hold your hands in front of your face. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
  • ...the wooden wedge which held the heavy door open. [VERB noun with adverb]
  • Two knife racks hold her favourite knives. [VERB noun]
  • A fire had been reported in the cargo hold.
  • The Small Firms Service holds an enormous amount of information on any business problem. [VERB noun]
  • The small bottles don't seem to hold much. [VERB noun]
  • ...but you had to be able to hold your liquor. [VERB noun]
  • I thought the car held the road really well. [VERB noun adverb]
  • He held firm opinions which usually conflicted with my own. [VERB noun]
  • Death doesn't hold any fear for me. [VERB noun + for]
  • She has never held ministerial office. [VERB noun]
  • Applicants should normally hold a good Honours degree. [VERB noun]
  • The country will hold democratic elections within a year. [VERB noun]
  • The Prime Minister, is holding consultations with his colleagues to finalise the deal. [VERB noun + with]
  • The group said it continues to hold 1,774,687 Vons shares. [VERB noun]
  • He continued to hold a lead in Angola's presidential race. [VERB noun]
  • If you want to hold someone's attention, look them directly in the eye but don't stare. [VERB noun]
  • It's impossible to hold any individual responsible. [VERB noun adjective]
  • The inside of a van was as good a place as any to hold a kidnap victim. [VERB noun]
  • Demonstrators have been holding the square since Sunday. [VERB noun]
  • It's always useful to have a hold over a fellow like Carl May.
  • Could you hold the line and I'll just get my pen. [VERB noun]
  • He tells his secretary to hold his calls. [VERB noun]
  • She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • To hold merchandise until called for; to hold a reservation.
  • The preacher held them spellbound.
  • The police held him at the station house.
  • To hold a meeting.
  • Fear held him from acting.
  • To hold political office.
  • This bottle holds a quart.
  • We will hold you to your promise to pay back the money.
  • We hold this belief.
  • To hold a person responsible.
  • We held her best of all the applicants.
  • Enemy forces held the hill.
  • He held a gun on the prisoner. The firefighter held a hose on the blaze.
  • Give me a burger well-done—hold the pickle.
  • Hold still while I take your picture.
  • Will this button hold?
  • To hold with new methods.
  • To hold to one's purpose.
  • The rule does not hold.
  • Get hold of the railing.
  • The project will be put on hold until funds become available.
  • Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.
  • We have a hold here for you.
  • The Judge accepts the payment, the law no longer has a hold on you, and therefore you are free to walk out of the court a free man or woman.
  • Despite their seemingly strong hold on life, as indicated by the persistence of movement in decapitation tests, rattlers are relatively frail creatures and are easily killed.
  • He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
  • The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
  • As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
  • Put that in the hold.
  • Hold the pencil like this.
  • This package holds six bottles.
  • Hold my coat for me.   The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs. Hold a table for us at 7:00. Hold the elevator. Hold the suspect in this cell. to hold true;  The proposition holds. to hold firm;  to hold opinions We cannot hold mortality's strong hand. He holds himself proudly erect.   Hold your head high. And damned be him that first cries, "Hold, enough!"Our force by land hath nobly held. to hold one's bladder;  to hold one's breath
  • We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.   I'll hold him to that promise. Hold not thy peace, and be not still. Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught. His dauntless heart would fain have held / From weeping, but his eyes rebelled.
  • Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.
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