How To Use Hold up In A Sentence

I'm looking for a doings to hold up a curtain rail that's fallen down.
He believes that there's a distinct possibility this is the real ossuary of James, although he admits that the current evidence would not hold up in court.
The author has a considerable hold upon the reading public.
Because most self-adhesive stabilizers are tear-away, they'll give good results on designs with light stitch counts, but often don't hold up on denser or longer running designs.
The unit of measurement is actually millimeters of mercury, and that figure of 120 just means the pressure is high enough to hold up a column of mercury 120 mm high.

I'm looking for a doings to hold up a curtain rail that's fallen down.
If you use 2 Blaser vanes they will hold up to many-many shots through the whiskers. Drop away rests or a 2 pronged rest, or a Whisker biscuit
There are two large wooden supports that hold up the roof.
No one could be sure how he would hold up under the pressure and in the very public spotlight. Times, Sunday Times
There is no doubt manners and social graces are essential pillars to hold up our society.
The subdeacon kneels to hold up the foot of each of the 12 men as the priest washes it, and the deacon proffers a towel with which to dry it, after which the priest kisses it. Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 3 - The Mass of Holy Thursday and the Mandatum
Of course, being the first story arc after the One More Day silliness, this arc is going to have to live up to some stringent standards, like whether this story's quality was contingent upon it being a single Spider-Man (which is questionable, as the best aspects of this comic were the old-fashioned superhero stuff and the return of the supporting cast - neither of which hinged on Peter being married) and forcing the new potential love interest to be compared instantly to Mary Jane, which is a tough comparison for a new character, although Carlie Cooper hold up pretty well, I think (she even has an alliterative name!) as the nerdy, yet attractive, police scientist roommate/best friend of Harry Osborn's new girlfriend. The Amazing Spider-Man #546-548 Review | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
A straw itself will not hold up well to this experiment, so see if you can get a tube of glass or plastic.
It is said that imitation is the sincerest flattery; and if Isabel was sometimes moved to gape at her friend aspiringly and despairingly it was not so much because she desired herself to shine as because she wished to hold up the lamp for Madame Merle. The Portrait of a Lady
Now some might point to the use of the free - or - subscribe model in television and more recently radio broadcasting, and others will hold up this model as further instantiating society's class basis.
The hall is hired out for conferences, weddings and parties, and can hold up to 400 people.
During outings in the desert, they'd found regular leather holsters don't hold up well in the Arizona sun and heat.
The author has a considerable hold upon the reading public.
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.
Varieties such as maple and tigerwood are hard and perfect for countertops, while species such as pine and cypress are softer and may not hold up as well.
The indications are that there is still a strong supply of these older cattle in the system and that the kill is likely to hold up for some weeks yet.
The Olympic Stadium will hold up to 80,[Sentencedict]000 spectators.
No American author had ever dreamed of such ovation before: an ovation not due to any incisive thought, not due to any novelty of his subject-matter, -- but due to the fact that a man born overseas had suddenly appeared among British writers, who could lay hold upon their own resources of sentiment, and inwrap it in language which charmed them by its grace and provoked them by its purity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864
Her boiler now makes loud growling noises that wake the household up at night. Times, Sunday Times
Given the likelihood that the ctenophore lineage is the deepest branch among metazoans, let's have a closer look at the toolkit contained by these creatures to determine if the basic theme of front-loading evolution continues to hold up. As Expected
Caryatids hold up the entrance to a barn and the former farmyard is littered with modern sculpture.
When the ball or the ball-carrier has gone into touch-in-goal, the in-goal judge must hold up the flag.
The speech scheduled for Jan. 13 is likely to hold up Persian Gulf States like Abu Dhabi, the largest of the United Arab Emirates, as models for the broader Arab world. Bush Picks Abu Dhabi for Speech
This gloomy picture I hold up, not as a prophecy of the fate we are doomed to incur, but only as descriptive of what the term subjugation unquestionably imports. A Discourse Before the General Assembly of South Carolina, on December 10, 1863: Appointed By the Legislature as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer
Every forty days the Lady Jamilah cometh hither in a bark and landeth in the midst of her women, under a canopy of satin, whose skirts ten damsels hold up with hooks of gold, whilst she entereth, and I see nothing of her. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
SANDUSKY - The owner of a small group of auto dealerships in Sandusky has found a creative use for more than 100 of its "cash for clunkers" clunkers while he waits for the government to hold up its end of the bargain. Undefined
The American-designed tanker has the capacity to hold up to 20,000 litres of fuel, and can operate in both arctic and desert conditions.
At this stage of your progress, if not before, you may be assured that some clever friend will come in, and hold up his hands in mocking amazement, and ask you who could set you to that "niggling;" and if you persevere in it, you will have to sustain considerable persecution from your artistical acquaintances generally, who will tell you that all good drawing depends on "boldness. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing
There were a number of hold ups along the route caused by sheer weight of numbers, but spirits remained high.
Columns ran along both the front and the back to hold up the crosswalks overhead that connected the two dayclass buildings on either side.
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.
As an industry, we need to remain resolute in what we believe in and confident that our wines can hold up with their unique style intact. It's the Style, Stupid.
The ground began shacking with such great force, not even the lifeless roots obscured in the grey soil were tough enough to hold up their dying masters.
Expression blank and thoughts and emotions carefully controlled, she loosened her tight hold upon her fan.
Finally, both hold up as worthy of imitation exemplars or prototypes of people regarded as typifying the virtue or identity in question.
Will his lanky, damaged frame hold up if he tries? Times, Sunday Times
The Russian central bank has stepped into the foreign exchange market in a bid to hold up the rouble, which is being hurt by the conflict with Georgia. Russia holding up rouble amid Georgia crisis
No one could be sure how he would hold up under the pressure and in the very public spotlight. Times, Sunday Times
My bedposts have silver streaks and hold up a light purple canopy.
I buy my cameras, spectacles, binocs, etc. assuming they'll be dropped and splattered, and they should hold up to this misuse.
Sweet dessert wines generally hold up better than dry wines once opened.
The two can communicate wirelessly, but more interestingly they can be coupled such that "there is minimal increase to the overall size and weight" of the palmtop -- in other words, the "phone" bit isn't particularly large, making it more comfortable to hold up to your face in a conversation than your Engadget
It turned out that the charitable types were then able to hold up a 5lb weight significantly longer than those who sniggeringly trousered the cash. The Register
Jute backing is very similar to a potato sack, so you can guess how that would hold up to moisture.
The win capped a fun-filled opening night for Giants fans, who saw the retired Strahan hold up the Lombardi Trophy just minutes before the opening kickoff. USATODAY.com
So I had a section of brick (aldoquin) about 15'x12 'removed, a concrete retaining wall built to hold up the rest of the brick from the resulting pit, and "river" dirt brought in (as if there were any rivers around here). Cinder block vs brick
They are made from recycled plastic and hold up to 3 litres. Times, Sunday Times
One way would be to hold up a pencil at arm's length and measure their relative sizes as an artist might.
More children growing up in a world so increasingly diverse that stock racial identities no longer hold up.
Hold up your right hand. Now, count down from ten, starting with your thumb.
There is no doubt manners and social graces are essential pillars to hold up our society.
But the Danish Viking relinquished his hold upon Bernicia and, moving south in the following year, possessed himself of the kingdom of York.
Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform.
Her boiler now makes loud growling noises that wake the household up at night. Times, Sunday Times
Although these thin gloves may not hold up the best when you're doing tougher chores like pulling thistles or pruning rose bushes, they make a great addition to your gardening supply kit.
The first was meant to fix a congenital condition known as ptosis, where the muscles are not strong enough to hold up the lid, thus creating a droopy eyelid. ABC News: Top Stories
This is normally a sign that audiences like a film and the film's grosses are going to hold up well in subsequent weeks, so the film's final gross could still be quite good.
Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform.
The bridge is easily spotted since the towers that hold up the cables on each side of the river loom up like the crenellated battlements of an English castle.
There is no doubt manners and social graces are essential pillars to hold up our society.
If the guilty won't hold up their hands and confess, he and the Generals will ferret them out by force.
Because of this interrelationship between the pituitary and the gonads, the failure of the pituitary to hold up its end is as surely asexualizing as castration or ovariectomy would be. The Human Brain
Look, no-one's about to hold up a handful of Boccherini Quintets and suggest that they're measured against Mozart's, and when it comes to string quintets with two cellos, a certain C major work by Schubert tends to top the polls.
Nearby a store dummy was wearing the camiknickers, so I asked a sales assistant to hold up the black teddy, to compare the items.
I heard your plan, and I did follow you in the poncho and kerchief, meaning to hold up the stage first, and leave it to Crosby and Curtis to prove you did it. Ranson's Folly
From the mass defeminization triggered by Mao's 1949 proclamation that "Women hold up half to sky!" to the flood of capital unleashed by Deng Xiao Ping's 1992 mandate "To get rich is glorious," implementing central commandments has always been a competitive blood sport in the Middle Kingdom. Tom Doctoroff: Terror Squads and Smile Brigades: Can China Lighten Up?
You wondered if it was to hold up four fingers to his manager. Times, Sunday Times
No one could be sure how he would hold up under the pressure and in the very public spotlight. Times, Sunday Times
Sharon, unable to rise and run, could only hold up her hands in helpless defense. I.O.U. - SOMEONE HAS TO PAY
I hope that the fine weather will hold up for some more days.
A bracket may be used to hold up a shelf or a candle.
He'll also able to hold up his head confidently, so you can enjoy bouncing, jiggling action rhymes together.
Perhaps she will come good by the last episode but it will only be because the TV cameras hold up a mirror to her atrocious behaviour. The Sun
Freelance bagmen by the barriers hold up fingers to communicate the prices to punters too far back to hear the odds they're shouting: money is passed back and forth over the heads of the crowd in anxious, but honest, fistfuls.
Frankly, I didn't think the show would hold up well for me in repeats.
Incidentally, Lennox, I can't string them along much further - there's nothing to hold up the probate. A WORM OF DOUBT
But to go on from this, as Dr Guest and some of his followers have done, to the subjection of the whole invaluable vocabulary of classical prosody to a sort of _præmunire_, to hold up the hands in horror at the very name of a tribrach, and exhibit symptoms of catalepsy at the word catalectic -- to ransack the dictionary for unnatural words or uses of words like "catch," and "stop," and The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)
Others wearing bikinis collect litter and hold up cards giving the number of each round. The Sun
Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: 'This looks much better on.' On what? On fire? Rita Rudner
Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform.
As for the drivetrain I'm hoping the current gearbox with its supposedly stronger layshafts will hold up okay, along with a supposedly stronger salisbury rear axle.
A high pressure front carries dark clouds, and we risk becoming mired in gumbo if the weather doesn't hold up.
He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother's heels, equipped in a pair of father's cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with, one hand, as Elson Grammar School Literature v4
Stilt-like steel columns cross-braced by tensile wires hold up the roofs.
We saw earlier that, although human punishment does not bear the full burden of requiting good and evil, it must hold up requital as an ideal.
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.
That's not exactly news, and just because he left a trail of e-mails that would make a romance novel writer cringe doesn't make him a complete embarrassment; billets-doux don't hold up well under klieg lights. Judgment Day for Mark Sanford
They are lighter and hold up better in rugged country ... well if you don't want to scratch up your nice wood stock. Hey i'm thinking about buying a new rifle. a nice one. im willing to pay over 1000 dollars for it.
So you hold up your end of the bargain per the agreement.
But many in the West hold up IRISL as exhibit A for Iran's ability to evade sanctions because the shipping line regularly reflags its ships and changes their official owners. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
These stories exercise a powerful hold upon the imagination, even though prosopopoeia plays a role in the visions not markedly different from its role in the genealogies.
Her boiler now makes loud growling noises that wake the household up at night. Times, Sunday Times
There are two large wooden supports that hold up the roof.
Hold up your right hand. Now, count down from ten, starting with your thumb.
I thought that no one else could hold up such pain.
But there is one other sinister and unsettling theory that does hold up rather better.
Throw in a 2009 Sherman-Silver Purchase clause to the stimulus bill, hold up the bill while working a populist angle on getting us off the Cash4Gold. com standard, and then, in a few weeks, say the Democrats won't work on a bipartisan bimetallism solution, so let's just add in a some more tax cuts. Patrick Sauer: Five Things Nobody Wants to Hear on the Road to Great Depression 2.0
Demonstrators hold up banners in their languages and local politicians speak them.
I hope the weight of that shrowd held up by the likes of the Warners, the Lugars, and the Powells prove so weighty, that they are unable to hold up the shrowd of hypocrosy, and finally shout to the world, enough is enough, and speak up. Election Central | Talking Points Memo | GOP Senator Warner "Reconsidering" Support For Webb Troop Bill
And to hold up the Virgin Mary as the only example of a true, honest woman and to show this as the ideal can not be right.
This must not be allowed to hold up the peace process.
First, it could hold up Challenger's next attempt to launch a relay satellite, in August.
Go to “crooks and liars” listen to Little Ricky talk about the memo, and then hold up the “Classified Memo” he recieved, then scrowl done to the post that sends you to the Offical Report, What does the last word on the report say? Think Progress » Defense Department Disavows Santorum’s WMD Claims
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.
Its 5-gigabyte hard drive could hold up to 1,000 songs, weighed “only” 6 1/2 oz., and had an idiot-proof user interface that made it easy to find and manage your songs. Happy 8th Birthday, iPod! | EW.com
Kroger's story that Beau's credibility is too damaged to hold up in court is just ridiculous - especially going up against that beacon of integrity Sam Adams. Kroger indicts Adams, in court of public opinion (Jack Bog's Blog)
I will reiterate Muslims love killing Muslims more than anyone, and philosophies of radicalism, puritanism, created the monsters of Terrorism in Islam..thereby destroying all that we stand for..all that we hold upright as Brotherhood and Peace.. Archive 2009-07-01
My wife calls the tubular pillow a “bolster”, which seems to hold up in a google search. Somebody Answer Me This « Whatever
Tall as it is, there are no pillars to hold up its glazed roof, or to interrupt the view of MSPs or their audience.
Her shoes won't hold up
When the children were brought back dirty, greasy, bedaubed, and so tired that they could hardly hold up their little heads, her indignation knew no bounds, and as she was perfectly fearless.
If the methods a stylometry analysis uses are known (and they couldn't very well be a secret to hold up in court), Medlogs - Recent stories
Use large, rolled oats that hold up better to soaking than the smaller kind used for instant porridge. Times, Sunday Times
But the domestic economy's resilience should ensure that the manufacturing sector continues to hold up well over the next year or so. Times, Sunday Times
Every aria she sang was a highlight, not least the formidable Act 1 scena which can hold up its musical head in the exalted territory of Come scoglio.
Â The putty is strong enough to hold up to 300 lbs. Â Best Billy Mays Products | myFiveBest
One of our brothers from the other side said to me today, "If the Germans get past the British navy, there will be only one thing for us today, -- you Canadians and we of the United States will have to get together and fight this thing through," and I said "If they get past the British Navy, we can hold up our hands and yell 'Kamerad'. War Impressions
Wolf, if you look real quickly over my shoulder, perhaps you see what they call the sill plates that help to hold up these decks, these porches that they call them here in Chicago. CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2003
Placed in that high position between heaven and earth, the priest is like Moses in battle: he requires people to hold up his arms.
Here Pons paused to hold up to scorn my new scarlet satin doublet — a wondrous thing of which I had been extravagant. Chapter 11
The size of a pager, the pump has menu-driven programming and can hold up to 300 units of insulin.
Another is that, as active participants in statics - for example, when we hold up a weight - we definitely feel we are doing something, even though no mechanical work is performed.
Examples are all too common in which relatively inexpensive consumable parts hold up the repair of an expensive reparable part.
I'm sorry, your pitiful arguments just do not hold up in the face of facts like this.
The bank may try to withhold up to half of it. Times, Sunday Times
Birds that contract avian botulism lose involuntary muscle control, including eyelid function, have clenched feet, and can't hold up their heads.
Again, while both these tracks hold up well in the game their inclusion on the album is a bit questionable, especially since there is enough quality on this album to avoid using any filler tracks. Archive 2009-02-01
This was the cue for a hold up which lasted around five minutes as players, mentors and fans pleaded with the referee to reverse his decision.
One night Bufflehead, while on duty, accidentally interrupted a hold up of a grocery store.
Time for me to hold forth: "Every country should hold up Ethiopian officials for three hours at their airports, not the ordinary people of course," quoth I. Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment
But there is always food for satire; and the French caricaturists, being no longer allowed to hold up to ridicule and reprobation the King and the deputies, have found no lack of subjects for the pencil in the ridicules and rascalities of common life. The Paris Sketch Book
His ability to hold up the ball, to turn defenders and to play in his arriving teammates, supercharges the side.
Give any young egotist two shots of dope and an automatic and he will hold up the government mint.
Did they hold up in the face of criticism with the right combination of vulnerability and bravery?
That belief will only hold up for as long as you continue to refuse to actually look at cases – look at who testified as a medicolegal expert – and then look to see if their CPSO/CPO profile corresponds to the area of expertise at issue. How lawyers think : Law is Cool
Shirts hide big bellies, jeans cloak cellulite, bras hold up saggy breasts.
Another doctrine, called "impracticability," says you can breach a contract if you're suddenly unable to hold up your end of the bargain. Slate Magazine
They are specially designed to comfortably hold up to 25 people each and have unobstructed panoramic views of London and beyond.
Use large, rolled oats that hold up better to soaking than the smaller kind used for instant porridge. Times, Sunday Times
During the years from 1835 to 1850 he was the most successful American magazinist, and even down to the day of his death, in 1867, he retained his hold upon the attention of the fashionable public by his easy paragraphing and correspondence in the _Mirror_ and its successor, the _Home Journal_, which catered to the literary wants of the _beau monde_. Brief History of English and American Literature
Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform.
He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother's heels, equipped in a pair of his father's cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. The Short-story
Robbers used guns and a meat cleaver to hold up two businesses.
If these findings hold up in further experiments, engineers will know where to focus to quiet our roadways.
Shovels, spades, and hoes hold up best with blunt cutting edges, since they are used for digging.
Perhaps she will come good by the last episode but it will only be because the TV cameras hold up a mirror to her atrocious behaviour. The Sun
– I do require a general structure to work with, one that is flexible but also provides some kind of girding to hold up the characters and ideas and themes and moods I’m working with. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Plotting for the Severely Right Brained
He told a case management conference: 'How long should we hold up the county court litigation? The Sun
Liu Mou says to others: "The son of our alcalde is likely, do not th ink over he can use water of right leg hold up solely, actually their foot simultaneously hold up, more in high spirits.
A few of the songs from his early period hold up remarkably well, usually those without the overt political overtones.
The sprawling complex of white tents in a jungle clearing can hold up to 100 patients. Times, Sunday Times
All the rooms at this level have French doors opening onto a huge terracotta patio that can hold up to 300 people.
But the domestic economy's resilience should ensure that the manufacturing sector continues to hold up well over the next year or so. Times, Sunday Times
Unfortunately, it didn't hold up: within 8 schooldays, one of the straps that go over the shoulder had ripped apart.
Most of the effects in Jurassic Park still hold up today the brontosaur? Joe Johnston’s Captain America Sounds Rather Angst-Ridden; Director Suggests New Jurassic Park Trilogy | /Film
But now when I am coming amongst the baronages and the lineages, what shall I do to hold up my head before the fools and the dastards of these high kindreds?
I'm not sure how it will hold up to repeat viewings, but I've seen it twice now and laughed out loud both times.
I love it, but it's a little hard to read because it's heavy and hard to hold up for prolonged periods of time.
I told him to jab a penful of ink on the platinum points, as there was sugar enough to make it sufficiently thick to hold up when the operator tried to break -- the current still going through the ink so that he could not break. Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1
The bag was enchanted, and could hold up to ninety pounds of stuff and still only weigh three.
Katanga is estimated to hold up to 75 per cent of the world's coltan reserves. Times, Sunday Times
The bank may try to withhold up to half of it. Times, Sunday Times
Dallas would hold up the Super Bowl belt, its giant buckle fashioned from the melted down Lombardi Trophy.
What any indeed innate again chairman should rely on for vital is a hold up of a spirit. Archive 2009-11-01
Each was designed to hold up to five million troops, so the soldiers had room to spare.
The team members wear goofy cowboy outfits and hold up a signboard to advertise their goods for sale whenever a train passes by.
Even as some Americans hold up the ideal of a color-blind society, research reveals that pejorative racial stereotyping and subconscious negative racial bias persist among white Americans.
I find it interesting, especially given a life time of lectures from France on terroir alongside criticisms of French non-varietal labels, that it is in grapes such as Syrah that French Rhone wines seem to hold up better in the market while the New World sinks. Syrah: beyond the fruit bomb | Dr Vino's wine blog
Yes, we really thought the Senate was going to pass the bill last week, but because of some procedural moves in the Senate that allow one or two senators to hold up the works, an amendment about energy tax credits kind of gummed up everything. CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2008
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.
Hold up the circular strip and ask the students how many sides it has.
Here was something definite and tangible for the stirring underman to lay hold upon. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush
So hold up your limp arms and steady your trembling knees and smooth out the path you tread; then the injured limb will not be wrenched, it will grow strong again.
Many court watchers speculated that Stewart was probably smarter than all the lawyers put together and could hold up very well on cross-examination.
You wondered if it was to hold up four fingers to his manager. Times, Sunday Times
Times have changed and what stunned us forty years ago just doesn't hold up after a couple viewings of Fight Club.
Like Mattews, the hard ball salivator, they go gaga over his flight suit or hold up purple fingers or cheere on que - george W’s cadre of the ignorent. Think Progress » Desperate for Supporters, DeLay Turns to Stephen Colbert
Has our native soil, this land we call our motherland, so slight a hold upon us? The History of Rome, Vol. I
It was a geographical gift for German demolition experts; one blown bridge could hold up an army for as long as its ruins could be defended. Whicker's War
She shows that the upbeat view doesn't hold up in the face of a careful examination of the numbers.
Painted dragons hold up these canvasses, just as the carved silvered and tinted flying dragons support the blue silk satin window draperies, fringed with gold tassels.
He would raise money by taking a flat levy from the "non doms" and use it to push the inheritance tax threshold up to 1 million.
He is full of catchy broadbrush propositions that don't quite hold up under questioning. Times, Sunday Times
Even when Congress orders a study, the funding doesn't come directly from the legislature; it is usually funneled through an executive agency - one which might be opposed to the study and hold up the funding.
Krug Vintage: One of the longest-lived Champagnes produced, the vintage years of Krug are famous for their richness, slightly oxidated style, but intense concentration and ability to hold up with aging potential. The World’s Greatest Wine Estates
The Olympic Stadium will hold up to 80,000 spectators.
Any senator can hold up a vote on a presidential nominee without explaining why or even divulging the hold publicly.
Users hold up a newer iPhone to see a video image of whatever a skier is viewing on the mountain, and tags of nearby trails, restaurants and restrooms digitally pop up on the screen. Ski Apps All The Rage Heading Into 2010-2011 Season
Even at Ranelagh… it was usual for ladies to hold up the volumes of Pamela to one another, to shew they had got the book that everyone was talking of.
There were a number of tall metal pillars and beams spread out to hold up the massive weight of the city above them.
But now has this little embryo strength enough to thrust itself into the world? to hold up its head, and to maintain its course to a perfect maturity, against all the assaults and batteries of intemperance; all the snares and trepans that common life lays in its way to extinguish and suppress it? Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. III.
Sometimes it may be called a caryatid, which is, as I understand it, a cruel device of architecture, representing a man or a woman, obliged to hold up upon his or her head or shoulders a structure which they did not build, and which could stand just as well without as with them. The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
How long will you hold up on such a sum of money?
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.
Never let it be said that the US judicial system is devoid of any benevolence, particularly when guilty parties hold up their hand and confess to their crime.

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