How To Use Held In A Sentence

Two more debates are scheduled in the coming weeks, one debate dealing with education and health will be held in Irbid next week and the final week before elections the southern city of Karak will witness a candidates debate on agriculture and development. Daoud Kuttab: Jordanian Candidate Uses Debate to Call for Curtailing King's Powers
The funeral will be held according to church.
Only a bit of string looped round a nail in the doorpost held it shut.
The dozen pictures she had shot during a recent bath time -- including a few of Nora rinsing with a handheld shower sprayer -- were, for Cynthia, simply part of the vast photographic record she was keeping of her family's life. Lynn Powell: Pornographer or Soccer Mom?
The conference began with a Wednesday evening welcome reception, held at Chicago's Field Museum, where 28 mostly Illinois breweries had set up beer stations among two stuffed elephants, a couple of totem poles and a tyrannosaur skeleton. Beer: A celebration of craft brewing

Some retailers, including Sears, have already held some "door-buster" early-morning sales, which makes Black Friday -- the day after Thanksgiving that's looked upon as a kick-off to the holiday shopping season -- a little "grayer," he said. Boulder Daily Camera Most Viewed
So, she ran round and round the scaffold with the executioner striking at her, and her grey hair bedabbled with blood; and even when they held her down upon the block she moved her head about to the last, resolved to be no party to her own barbarous murder. A Child's History of England
These planes are made with two separate stocks held together with either metal or turned wooden screws.
Mostly, however, she seems to be held in some kind of incommunicado status until they need a sound bite, and then they throw the power switch, download the text and out she spits it, with all the emotion of an automaton. Condi a Waste of Time
Our staff were asked to be bearers at his funeral service held at St Andrew's Church.
He is an honourable person respected and held in esteem by his colleagues.
The Canadian police doubted he was a genuine amnesiac and held him on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant.
Considering my diminutiveness, the size of the pail in my lap, and my drinking out of it my breath held and my face buried to the ears in foam, it was rather difficult to estimate how much I drank. Chapter 3
His right hand held a leash attached to a small white Havanese dog.
However, the Seismosaurus fossil found with the most gastroliths held only 15 kg of stones, the largest no bigger than a grapefruit.
History will tell whether those responsible will be held accountable for their crimes.
The two males held their silence as she finished, all the noise ceased apart from the soft pad of hooves in the night air.
You can use standard wireless technology in hand-helds that have a huge capacity - they can have up to 250 megabytes now.
It sat at the southern edge of San Salvador on land that had once held a garbage dump.
Someone co-ordinated with the radio or TV producers and sponsors, and held a larger vision of the whole than either performer or listener could.
The filly's head whirled around and she nickered softly before fumbling toward me, nudging my palm as I held my hand out.
She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate
One Saudi national was held for 119 days before being charged.
Frederick, a bisexual misanthrope in a childless, political marriage, was a lapsed Calvinist who held all religions in contempt.
The launch was held at a press conference at which graphic footage of foxhunting, staghunting and hare coursing was also released.
The antlers are placed together, held by sandbags and glued with epoxy.
But they escaped the relegation trapdoor by just one point as Leicester were held at Stoke. The Sun
This was the case that upheld a Washington law that gave academic scholarships to qualified students, but forbid them from using them to study theology.
The more Tim drank the more tightly Margaret held on to the security of upper-middle-class values. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press A displaced child, whose family fled from the Khyber tribal region due to military operations, held onto her mother while waiting to register at the Jalozai camp on the outskirt of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday. Asia in Pictures
Dozens of flights from the international airport were delayed as part of the protests and baggage-handling staff held a go-slow.
I didn't really like this new Annabelle at all: she wasn't her old friendly self, she was hostile, brash and rude and she clearly held a large grudge towards me.
The spirit of a soldier of the Truth entered into me; weary as I was, I rushed from the dusky corner where I had been hidden in the twilight, ran to the altar, and held up my hand with my hymn-book as I began to repeat an address that had often silenced the papistic mummers in England. In the Wrong Paradise
It seems that CSIS witnesses may have engaged in "prevarication," and that material germane to Harkat's legal defence has been withheld by CSIS for no good reason. Archive 2009-05-01
A study session held by the Beijing government for leaders of the "open" Church – organized as a sight-seeing tour for the first time – is set to conclude tomorrow.
Stewards held back furious fans, and security personnel had to duck as objects seemed to be thrown. Times, Sunday Times
As a result, instead of the clean visuals that typify the science fiction genre, we see lens flares, shaky handheld cameras, zooms, and sloppy rack focuses even in CGI shots.
The first hand-held phones, affectionately known as "bricks", were still big and bulky, only made voice calls, and cost more than $4000.
Who would be held responsible if this man offended again?
Delvile, by which her own goodness proved the source of her defamation: and though something still hung upon her mind that destroyed that firm confidence she had hitherto felt in the friendship of Mr Monckton, she held it utterly unjust to condemn him without proof, which she was not more unable to procure, than to satisfy herself with any reason why so perfidiously he should calumniate her. Cecilia
You might consider doing this ritual destruction on a New Moon, as it is a phase of the moon commonly held in association with new beginnings.
I shrank inside and out from the fog and what it held-so alien to my flesh and spirit that to come even this close to it was befoulment beyond the finding of words. Year of the Unicorn
Another dream tells of an encounter with a being who held four keys, and bore the wings of a kingfisher.
A private viewing was held at the apostolic palace in the Vatican.
Antioch held Edessa and Tripoli under its sway and was ruled by Normans.
The situation reminds me of the commonly held view that anything ‘local’ is inferior to that from ‘foreign.’
Talking to BBC Leeds, Mr Silverman said that every Friday morning Sir Jimmy held what was known as the FMC, or Friday Morning Club, at his flat. BBC News - Home
The house clearance, which will be filmed for the television show, will be held between 1.30 pm and 5pm.
The congested, hypertense crossing point of the River Jordan, between Jordan "proper" and the Israeli-held West Bank, is to this day known as the Allenby Bridge, after T.E. Lawrence's commander. The Perils of Partition
She slowly walks to the small open fireplace and carefully lights the incense and stands it in the ash. She steps back with her palms held in prayer and begins to chant.
We spent a misty day walking through the forests around Forsmark, where the newly fallen snow held the paw prints of lynx and the big M-shaped hoof marks of moose.
All the territory of an administrative chiefdom is technically held by the paramount chief.
Disguised first as a horse dealer and later as a holy man, he successfully blarneyed his way through regions, which were not a part of British-held India at the time.
The closely held retailer said it would sue its partner to recoup more than $ 50 million it claims was unfairly withdrawn.
I loved the very air of innocence and naivety that this place held.
The first national party conventions, in fact, were held in Baltimore in preparation for the 1832 election.
Every year, he held a week of evangelistic meetings in his own congregation.
She suddenly held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room.
Following his defiance, KSM was subjected to a number of coercive interrogation techniques besides being waterboarded the 183 times: he was kept up for seven and a half days straight while diapered and shackled, and he was told that his kids, who were now being held in American custody, would be killed. The Longest War
About 230 food staff and orderlies at four Auckland hospitals held a 48-hour strike on July 18.
The British Biologist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake introduced the concepts of Morphic Fields and Morphic Resonance in his revolutionary 1981 book A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis of Formative Causation.
It is a commonly held misconception, due to the informal traditions of electronic communication, that e-mails carry less weight than letters on headed notepaper.
The court proved immune to these piteous cries and upheld the sentence, anyway.
What is happening at Widnes was held up as the model for future logistics hubs across the entire UK. Times, Sunday Times
He held a magazine in his hand.
On behalf of tiny snipers, we are delighted to invite you to join an iterative process of hematoid symposia to be held at the hinges of daily life. Dear Carl
Developers, well those that meet Apple's firm and unfriendly terms and conditions, have helped this by creating 5,000 new applications for the handheld gogglebox, meaning that it's big numbers all round at Apple - particularly we imagine in the App Store and Ibook store accounting departments. The Inquirer
Referred to simply as the Gothic Cruise (for brevity), this cruise is for fans of goth and industrial music and has been held annually for the past 15 years. Twilight Lexicon » Go Cruising Vampire Style
It was a lack of putting touch that cost him the chance of achieving his long-held dream of playing in The Open.
He held the boat steady as she got in.
He said he saw a bandoleer, which held 12 - gauge shotgun shells, but no guns.
Figures were the same for a driver using a hand-held or hands-free phone and likelihood of a crash held true regardless of gender or age.
An anonymous diary dating from the late trecento shows that similar processions were held in late May 1387; twice in 1390, on June 30 and October 16; and again in December 1398.
The grand maneuvres will be held tomorrow.
Without warning my foothold broke and I slid downward ripping a gash in the plastic that held the containers of water together.
Both Bush and Allawi affirmed on Thursday that elections would be held as promised.
Next up was a spear throwing demonstration, both directly hand-held and using a woomera, a device that helps increase the distance they can throw. 2008 October « Hyperpat’s HyperDay
Those opposed to communism were held back from repatriation, which began in late December 1946.
The good weather held, and at noon we stopped by a lake, and poured out all of our water, and filled our barrels with the soft water.
What the UN and the West are doing is the colonial thing of merely resorting to bully-boy tactics, Neither would attempt to pass judgement let alone threaten to intervene using military force, in any election held in the Russian Federation or attempt to invade China because it does not have democractic government. Ivory Coast's descent into madness
A week earlier they were about to be held to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford by the struggling Wolves when Park Ji-sung won the game in Fergie flexitime. Sir Alex Ferguson thrilled by comeback but knows he has problems
Above all, she has the confidence to slow the narrative tempo down almost to zero: a condition of stasis in which the moment is held, like a musical note, for as long as she wishes it.
It had been a cold wet summer; he was 'feart' the owners would think he might have taken more care of some of the animals, especially of the young horses, and he mentioned certain ailments springing from damp and exposure for which he might be held responsible. The History of David Grieve
Those who held bookland were territorial lords with local interests, and were thus far more likely to seek terms with the Danish invaders, if they could save all or part of their inheritance.
Interestingly, some jurists even asserted that judges who rely on a coerced confession in a criminal conviction are to be held liable for the wrongful conviction.
At the most recent inquiry, however, it seems that a jury decided that the policemen should be held accountable.
There was Mr Fox and his trucks carting coal from the pitheads and they were held not to be in the coalmining industry.
Up against a nation of multi - million pound players, I think the Scotland captain more than held his own and looked like he could have easily have slotted into the Italian team without looking out of place.
The first is that white defaults should percentagewise exceed black defaults on loans at that institution, because the black borrowers have been held to irrationally high standards by their racist lenders. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Further Left You Are the Less You Know About Economics:
In some scenes the only lighting was a lantern held by an actor, he said. Times, Sunday Times
In the center of town was a stage and amphitheater which last night held the town's large orchestra and a glee club.
Some critics will accuse Duffy of acting as apologist for a campaign of violent repression, but this would scarcely be fair: “confronted by the sanctified savageries of the Tudor age, it would be a hard heart that withheld pity from the victims or felt no indignation against the perpetrators”. A Not so Bloody Mary ?
This story held our interest
She walks directly towards the hand held camera that pans left to follow her as she disappears behind a column.
I wrapped his toes in gauze torn from my underdress, and tucked one foot under my arm and held the other in my left hand, and gave him heat. Wildfire
None rested quiet or mute for a second, except the one who kept close as his shadow to her father's side, and unwittingly was treated by him less like the other children, than like some stray spirit of another world, caught and held jealously, but without much outward notice, lest haply it might take alarm, and vanish back again unawares. John Halifax, Gentleman
(He pointed at the bundle she held, while she nodded proudly, beaming on me with good-nature and consciousness of success and prosperity.) "This overcoat is as good as a blanket," he went on, advancing the skirt of it that I might feel its thickness. THE SPIKE
The courts eventually upheld her claim to the property, but only because she had no son to inherit it.
Victor heard her stifle a cry as he held a small mirror for her.
Froth sauce using a hand-held immersion blender and drizzle foam atop ravioli.
The hunt was held on land owned by the Duke of Marlborough.
Thus it is commonly held that services are economic activities whose output is not a physical product.
Feeling his hand tired, he dropped the book he held, leant his head on a teapoy, and fell asleep. Hung Lou Meng
Compact and light-weight waterproof hand-held turbidimeters are designed for portability and durability
The evening was one of the largest consumer tastings of South African wines ever to be held in the UK with over 450 attendees signed up.
He asks whether a general phenomenon would cease to be a feature of a society if particular individuals held different beliefs.
His own origins weren't exactly true blue and they had never held him back. YELLOW BIRD
I was briefly ruffled, because few things are held as closely and protectively as one's musical preferences.
The 47th Annual Columbus Day Parade was held in New York city this week starting from October 11 to celebrate the spirit of exploration that inspired Christopher Columbus's 1492 expedition.
'The Angel of the Lord said unto Abraham, Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not _withheld_ thy son, _thine only son_, from Me, therefore blessing I will bless thee,' etc. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV
After hizzoner died, a series of political clowns briefly held the office. Mayor Daley points gun at reporter. | RedState
The rate of inflation must be held down.
He fulfilled a long-held ambition to take the company upmarket.
The project is being held in abeyance until agreement is reached on funding it.
Frankly, she held her nose and said it stank like the henhouse when a mongoose has spoiled the eggs. HOMELAND AND OTHER STORIES
And when he was before the prince, he excused himself so sagely that the prince and his council held him excused, and so he fell again into the prince's love and redeemed out his men by reasonable ransoms; and the chatelain was set to his ransom of ten thousand franks, the which he paid after. Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)
A concert was held at the invitation of the mayor.
Their convictions were reaffirmed by the higher courts and their sentences were similarly upheld. Times, Sunday Times
She has been sectioned twice, held in hospital for psychiatric care and prescribed antipsychotic medication.
Having held Grange to 177-9, Prestwick looked in some trouble as they slumped to 18-2 in their eleventh over.
He blames the impression held by many that they can negotiate better prices at the large new dealerships in Murfreesboro.
Watching the men, Severa held one finger to her lips and untaped his mouth. The Worst Years of Your Life
The match really was played in the best possible way: mistimed tackles were acknowledged and apologised for, yet no one held back a thing. Times, Sunday Times
The court also upheld the decision of the assistant recorder to reject the counterclaim which the defendant sought to introduce.
Drums proved to be a real hit at an event held in North Bradley at the weekend.
But Ngurn's father, wrapped in decaying grass-matting and hanging even then over their heads among the smoky rafters of the devil-devil house, had held otherwise. THE RED ONE
The shipowner has still held a merchant fleet of seven cargo - vessels.
The Court of Appeals held that Hallberg was judicially estopped from indemnity from Portland because his claim was factually inconsistent with claims he made defending the previous suit on which he had prevailed. One less bell to answer (Jack Bog's Blog)
If he fails to do so, he is held liable, whereas in an action for negligence the legal burden in most cases remains throughout on the plaintiff.
Mom moved up the cot and squeezed next to Mira and held her close.
Property held in joint tenancy automatically passes to the surviving spouse after the death of the other.
He was dressed in leather-and-bronze armor, a sturdy helmet, and he held in one hand a pentagonal shield, covered in studs and raised images. THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS
Orford was held by a royal constable, and was built next to what was at the time a major port.
The man who wrote that document, did we know his name, is entitled to be held till the end of time in the grateful and venerative memory of his race. The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry
the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers
Sir Anthony held the crown out on the tip of his lance.
In the end the Company Commander and the Company Sergeant Major managed to obtain a box of compo rations after a certain amount of argument with the supply depot, who said the Battalion held such things for emergencies!
But again, if the subject is sensitive, the colloquy among the attorneys, prospective jurors, and judge can be held privately at the bench.
The mother is being held without bail until her arraignment, which is scheduled for tomorrow. CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2006
How has the UK moved from being a nation that held up thrift as a virtue and considered debt a vice, to owing a trillion pounds on mortgages, credit cards and other loans?
When the balloon is held up to a wall, the negative charge causes the electrons in the wall to move away from the area.
The sound of a car stopping outside the hotel drew me to the window as the waitress left me, and I was in time to see an old gentleman with a long white beard step from the interior of a Daimler landaulette, the door of which was held open by a dignified chauffeur, whose attire seemed to consist mainly of brass buttons. The Best British Short Stories of 1922
Chastised, Elder Brother held his tongue, turning to look at Jinju as if to seek her support.
He was standing in the doorway, wearing a frown and a soiled T-shirt, his large belly protruding over his pants, held up by a pair of suspenders.
The problem is severest for women, who in Colombia are held in contempt or deemed disreputable for working at all.
The pronator radii teres, no longer opposed by the supinator brevis, had rotated the anterior fragment into complete pronation and fixed it there, while the supinator brevis, acting on the upper end, had rotated that fragment in an opposite direction and held it fixed until bony union at the point of fracture had taken place. With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon
The Mooloo Open Day will be held on Sunday.
The terrified family were handcuffed, had pillows pulled over their heads and were held at gunpoint overnight.
It was the first tangi for a Pakeha ever held on the Kaiaua Marae.
Unions held demonstrations and picketed across the country. U.K. Public-Sector Workers Strike
Slow Food is coming to Scotland this Thursday when a a Grand Scottish Banquet will be held at Edinburgh's Sheraton Grand Hotel.
Commander of the Faithful, Abd al-Malik bin Marwan, who hath heard tell of the lord Solomon, son of David (on whom be peace!) and of that which the Most High bestowed upon him of supreme dominion; how he held sway over Jinn and beast and bird and was wont when he was wroth with one of the Marids, to shut him in a cucurbite of brass and, stopping its mouth on him with lead, whereon he impressed his seal ring, to cast him into the sea of Al – Karkar. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
His appeal was upheld and he was released immediately.
Pride, conviction and family loyalty have held sway. Times, Sunday Times
Over the door of a handsome brick building dated 1937, beneath a clustered family group whose adult held a caduceus, the lintel bore this inscription.
Employment Hotel managers and assistant managers held about 105, 000 wage and salary jobs in 1994.
Her golden-spun hair was loosely fastened in a clasp, and she held a small glass in her hand.
The day also saw Tamana felicitating those who had successfully won medals at the recently held Delhi Special Olympics.
The ministers claimed that the meeting was held in a very cordial manner and friendly manner.
The class was held hostage by a hooded gunman.
The finals were held at the Johannesburg Public Library, attended by teachers and librarians.
The school has now appealed against the decision and an inquiry will be held before an inspector from the planning inspectorate.
Raw milk proponents take cause to capitols, courtrooms as public health officials warn of risk risks of raw milk is spilling into statehouses and courtrooms across the country as proponents of unpasteurized PAU kisan melas to be held in March Dr M S Gill, Director of Extension University, said the university is creating awareness about the need to WN.com - Articles related to Report Claims Flowers Lose Aroma Due To Climate Change
The mountain boys held on to each other laughing, and I wasn't any too pleased, but Carson gave me his slantendicular smile and shrugged. Isabelle
On posttrial motions, the court upheld most of the jury verdict but granted remittitur of damages. ISO damages for false advertising and commercial disparagement
This afternoon the Palestinians held an impromptu press conference.
Students are encouraged to take an active part and regular sessions are held in which they can criticize their teachers.
I respect that you have withheld your name whilst slandering me and all the brownies I live with in brownsville.
The event is held the day after Balinese Hindus celebrate Silence Day.
She liked the way she had not openly offered reconciliation yet had managed to imply that forgiveness would not be unreasonably withheld.
Leonard attempts to convince Sheldon he misses Amy and that he's trying to replace her with "a bunch of cats, " to which Sheldon responds, "Clowder.
The Labour group decided to block the sale of the shares at a private "away day" held at South Leeds Stadium on Friday.
Two disciplinary hearings, chaired by an outside moderator, were held yesterday and the others are due to be completed soon.
BLYTHE - A parolee was back behind bars today in Blythe, held on suspicion of possessing and transporting methamphetamine for sales, sheriff's and jail officials said. Undefined
So judged the leader of the 'cognoscenti', and, in accordance with his views, Elgin and Aberdeen are held up to ridicule in 'English Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1
The patients were held to basic standards of decent behavior and made to do chores in an environment more like a disciplined summer camp (or a well-run college group home) than a madhouse or hospital.
Slowly I settled against him and I listened to his breathing; it was raspy and every once in a while he would cough, but he still held me tight.
Some women wear a shayla, a black gauzy scarf wrapped around the head and held in place by a variety of hats, head circlets, or jewelry.
We reached rue Oberkampf, and the girl in the black tights was still complaining to her friend in the gray tights as they waited to jaywalk across the street, which was bustling with French students and artists whose bags, I imagined, held nineteenth century novels, or paperbacks with white covers; guitar strings, or paint brushes. Five Stops on Line 2, Ch 1: Qalb elouz
Most Labour MPs who quit the front bench will return only if elections are held. Times, Sunday Times
In this city the Markets were held open twenty-four hours a day to better serve the people who worked wildly different shifts throughout the levels of the city.
We had a high opinion of his mechanical genius, and generally held that the Chief ‘knew something bad of him,’ and on pain of divulgence enforced Phil to be his bondsman. Reprinted Pieces
At this event, held in August, 60 bulls and steers (bulls without an important operating part) were herded from the plain across the river during a driving rainstorm the evening before. Jaripeo - The Drive-in Rodeo
In 1998 and 1999, a 17-year-old male held at Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center in Powhatan County was investigated by state police for sex offenses with female staff there. Female Prison Staff Offenders in Two-thirds of Sexual Assaults | Impact Lab
The winning captain held the trophy in the air.
Central to his image of science were the arrangements of atoms in molecules, and the bonds that held them together.
Other races were infantilised or barbarised, or held up as object lessons in the perils of racial degeneration.
The big Serb held firm and pulled one back with a towering header. The Sun
All persons so committed may be detained n. 'jt'feci'maTbe in said hospital two years; but when it shall appear to the detained two trustees that any person held in said hospital will not continue to be subject to dipsomania or inebriety, or will be sufficiently provided for by themselves or their guar - dians, relatives or friends, they may issue to them a permit to be at liberty, upon such conditions as they deem Permit to be at Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
De Vos was famous around Berkeley for what he labeled his free-wheeling extra-curricular "bootleg" seminars-which he held in the little WWII vintage green bungalow across from Kroeber Hall-as well as in his gracious Berkeley Hills home. Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco : The Fox
After the respirator is disconnected, the camera pans over to the monitor as she gradually flatlines, followed by a close-up of Julia's dead hand being held by Sally Field. April 2004
An extraordinary meeting was held to discuss the problem.
He continued to be held incommunicado, that is without contact with the outside world, including his family and lawyers, until August 2005, from when his wife was allowed to visit him on a monthly basis. Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
This case should be pursued and if she is guilty she must be held accountable. The Sun
Once upon a time, in the heyday of unitards and medicine balls, intercollegiate games were private affairs, held in basement gyms or on remote lawns, and if anyone bothered to go and watch, it was an athlete's dad or girlfriend or roommate.
Wright demoed the tool at last August's DefCon but held off its release until Cisco was able to make a fix available.
For the life of me, I cannot fathom your continued application of the irrebuttable presumption that any individual held and interrogated by the admin is necessarily a murderer or an aider of a murderer. Balkinization
Eight biathlon events, 12 cross country ski races and three Nordic combined events were held on the 31 kilometer course.
It also states, as I mentioned at the start of my speech: ‘In a referendum held in April-May 2002, 96.9% of wool grower respondents voted in favour of winding up the Wool Board.’
The effect of the cold rainwater soaking his collar from the inspector's awkwardly held umbrella had diminished. THE LAST RAVEN

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