• A woman claimed she felt herself being held down as she came round from an operation.
• He sniffed haughtily, holding open the door for them and watching as they shuffled past.
• The security men were holding back the crowd to let the shaken minister and the officials get into a waiting car.

• Couples embraced, mothers held their children close, men nodded to each other.
• Instinctively I pulled Danny into my arms and held him close.
• Ray put his arms around me and held me close to him, so I rested my head against his shoulder.

Synonyms

• She toke a deep breath and licked her lips before she stood up again and as if by a miracle, her legs were able to hold her weight.
• I picked a random room and walked in, not being able to hold Corbin's weight long enough to find his room.
• Several pieces of wood joined together can hold more weight than just a piece of wood.

Synonyms

• The car holds the road very, very well at whatever speed I put it to, and I got her up to 110 to 115.
• Certainly the car holds the road well and steers nicely and positively, whether on rural rides or slamming it down the motorway.
• The Cooper S holds the road well and although the ride can be a little stiff at times, that's only to be expected with something this sporty.

• The night was still, with no breeze at all, yet the fully rigged ship continued to hold her course for land.
• For the moment I held a steady course and kept a focus on the orientation instruments.
• The minister's mission is to hold a steady course until the next general election.

• Only the original rebel group which holds the northern half of Ivory Coast is, so far, in talks with the government.
• Rebels hold the north and loyalist forces the south of what was considered a haven of peace and prosperity until a 1999 coup.
• Thousands of others remain trapped in the northern hills held by the rebels.

• She moved closer to the window to see what had been interesting enough to hold Amber's attention.
• Ailsa glanced at it again, then decided it wasn't interesting enough to hold her attention.

Synonyms

• Unfortunately the singers having some trouble holding the notes and it seems to be sapping the energy they're all generating.
• The singer can't really hold a tune.

• Rather than cutting spending, it should be held at current levels to create stability in the system.
• It has been held at that level for the whole time this Government has been in office.
• The decision was widely expected by analysts and borrowing costs have now been held at their current levels since the start of June.

• Keighley Shamrocks also played out a goalless draw as they held Division One leaders Ardsley Celtic at home.
• And at the interval they were holding their more illustrious opponents as they went into the break level.
• If Astle had scored England could have come home from Mexico having held the greatest team to have played the game to a draw.

• We expect the ceasefire to continue holding in order to enable this process to move forward at a quicker pace.
• So it is back to square one unless the Good Friday Agreement holds.
• The troops are still there, of course, and the peace is still holding.

Synonyms

• None of these conditions is likely to hold in the situations we studied.
• It makes sense as a matter of economics only when several conditions hold.
• Our offer still holds. If they want to have a debate and a vote on a constitutional amendment, we're prepared to accept that agreement.

Synonyms

• If your argument holds, why are you bothering to say anything here?
• And if something travels faster than light Einstein's Theory doesn't hold.
• She shows that the upbeat view doesn't hold up in the face of a careful examination of the numbers.

Synonyms

• He has decided that attaining power is more important than holding to his principles.
• Anglican arguments prevailed and the Catholics, while holding to their faith, abandoned political resistance.
• He still holds to the view that progress and religion are inextricably linked in a positive sense.

• In that case it will be up to the more idealistic among us to hold the president to his commitment.
• Flood victims will want to hold them to that commitment.
• The Labour Party manifesto said that it had no intention of restricting the sport of shooting and we will seek to hold them to that commitment.

• The judge said he thought it much more likely it was not being able to hold his drink which had triggered Hussain's actions and contributed to his loss of temper.
• He really can't hold his drink well though, half a shandy and he started pouring his little heart out to me on the way back to the hotel.
• Jake was famous for not being able to hold his drink.

• Whatever the future holds this has certainly opened the eyes of governments around the globe.
• Once more the computer was produced to show me what the future held, based on a range of percentage growth projections.
• Of course, like anything in the future, this holds terrifying possibilities.

• If nothing else, it's past time for a Hispanic to hold such a high office of state.
• Women commonly hold both an office or factory job and the job of managing the household.
• His younger brother, Alfred, would hold this same office five years later.

Synonyms

• Only 24 hours later, few within the party itself could pretend to hold such an optimistic opinion on the future of their leader.
• Lavoisier's belief reveals that he still held a somewhat traditional view of elements.
• It is a subject on which Evangelicals hold differing opinions.

Synonyms

• He holds the lawyer responsible for the death of his sister.
• It's time to hold our elected officials responsible for what's happening in our hospitals.
• Nor can he be held entirely responsible for the inadequacy of the flood defences, despite a specific warning well in advance.

• So why is it that journalists are held in even lower regard by the general public than politicians?
• Such societies are held in relatively low regard by the college authorities.
• Kathleen, Madeline and Kate are held in very high regard by the Irish-American community in New York.

• On appeal the Court of Appeal held that the judge had properly allowed the evidence of the interviews to be given.
• The Court of Appeal held that the judge was correct to take this approach.
• The Court of Appeal held that the trial judge was justified in making that decision.

• The Evening Press tried to get through to the service, but, after being told to hold the line, had to wait for three minutes before getting any reply.
• Please hold and your call will be answered as soon as possible.
• ‘You have my daughter Mia there. I wonder if I can have a word with her please.’ ‘Certainly sir. Just hold the line and I'll take the phone through to her.’

• Add a slice of cheese to your sandwich, but hold the mayonnaise.
• As more Americans hold the cream and cut the carbs, Starbucks has been forced to respond.
• Would Steve McQueen have been a skinny latte man? Does Sean Penn ask them to hold the fries and the bun when he orders a burger?

• Hold it right there. No one's going anywhere.
• Hold it! Something doesn't sound right.
• ‘Whoa, hold it a minute,’ Mike said, sitting up straight in his chair.

• Now, I will be the first to tell anyone that there is a lot more to being an announcer than knowing the names of moves and holds.
• He is a master of numerous holds and throws and is a throwback to a time when stories were told in the ring and not on the microphone.

• Try to position your hands and feet on the holds in the positions you will want them in for the next move.
• When I latched on to this hold and let my feet swing out from the face below, I felt an alarming sense of fatigue in my arms.
• He set his feet firmly apart and reaching forward, gripped the rough holds.