How To Use Hold In A Sentence

When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu. NYT > Home Page
If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
On land, giant reservoirs holding saline water could be built to offset the rise in sea levels caused by the melting of the polar ice-caps.
Can you tell me what the major league record is for most consecutive batters retired by a pitcher and who holds it?
He argues that the two main parties are no longer capable of holding together the divergent views within them. Times, Sunday Times

The pictures show squares within squares - the water-holding depressions that in ancient times made the gardens fruitful.
I blame it all on becca who called me in the middle of the night to talk to me all about how the two best friends names are Kate and Becca and that the main character lives in apartment 601 as my address and other kooky details that i have been trying to forget nightly since i saw that movie, And then every sound is that kid coming out of the television and im only writing about it now in order to expunge as i fear she will grab hold of my foot from under the desk and eat me or turn me into something decomposing or whatever it is she does. I-claudius Diary Entry
He appealed to all householders to continually check their security arrangements.
· “Adult family member” is defined as “a person over 21 years of age who is the parent, grandparent, step-parent living in the household, or legal guardian” of the pregnant teen. Archive 2009-07-01
The ICR would have the authority to annul laws or dismiss public officials to uphold the Kosovo settlement.
Hesper, awaiting thee each sentinel holdeth alarum. Poems and Fragments
I can find no legitimate references to the use of metallic, inorganic, or organic silver compounds as a sanitizer, disinfectant, or sterilizing agent. quaternary ammonium chloride compounds - Mixtures of compounds such as alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, dioctyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, and octyl decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride are very commonly used as surface sanitizer; if you look at your household cleaners that claim disinfecting properties, there's a high percentage chance that you'll find a "quat". Question ;Microdyne
To the left a small party was holding an entrenched position on rising ground. Times, Sunday Times
I clicked the 'Live Chat' button, and lo and behold, I was deposited in a chat room with what sounded suspiciously like a chatbot.
Behold the mermaid blanket, a fishy update on that hygge groundbreaker, the slanket. Times, Sunday Times
John Terry booked after a rash challenge which nearly lost Holdsworth his head.
Hold to my hand while we cross the street.
The institute says that less than 1 per cent of households would willingly pay for the meters if they had a choice. Times, Sunday Times
This also suggests that this deity was first adopted by the tradition of the monastery of Sa-gya, [26] a hypothesis further confirmed by the reference in the founding myth to his being taken over by the holder of the Sa-gya throne So-nam-rin-chen (bsod nams rin chen). The Shugden Affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part I)
Alternatively, anyone can take part in the coffee morning and hold their own event.
Rubbish advice The erratic bin collections over the past few weeks have left me struggling to cope with all our household rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
Thousands of householders are being urged to redesign their gardens to halt the rapid decline of sparrows and starlings. Times, Sunday Times
Of course, you would expect it to be damp in those parts of the Highlands which the Camanachd Association holds as its fiefdom and indeed shinty has suffered in recent weeks with matches being cancelled due to unplayable pitches.
The attractive forces between molecules in a liquid are called surface tension forces and are what hold the liquid together.
On the evening of 24 May 1941, British lieutenant commander Malcolm Wanklyn, in command of the submarine Upholder, sighted an enemy troop convoy strongly escorted by destroyers off Sicily.
The Ahmadiyah were explicitly "warned and ordered" that "as long as they consider themselves to hold to Islam, to discontinue the promulgation of interpretations and activities that are deviant from the principal teachings of Islam, that is to say the promulgation of beliefs that recognize a prophet with all his teachings who comes after the Prophet Muhammad SAW. The Heritage Foundation Papers
Police are again urging householders to secure their property after a theft from a house in Kirkwall.
The difference in turn-on time would generally not be noticeable for standard household incandescent bulbs, since they turn on very quickly.
The company said stockholders will be asked to approve the bid at a special meeting in late March.
MR. BELL: Well, we have informed the Congress that the part one agreement already rose to the threshold, if you will, of representing a change to the treaty -- what we call a substantive modification -- and therefore, would require congressional approval. Briefing By Robert Bell On Helsinki Agreements
Reagan advanced on her, holding his gun steady.
He accepts it and, lo and behold, is still an ID proponent. Behe, Common Descent, & UD
I doubt that Michelle Obama was surprised or dismayed by the boos at the Nascar rally: it's not surprising that the national doubtfulness about first ladies and the strong, accomplished women who are coming to hold the role would emerge in boos from some of the Obama administration's fiercest opponents. Michelle Obama's Nascar boos | Kay Dilday
The German military party -- which, as everyone knows, holds the reins of policy in Germany entirely -- have, as far as I can see, done all they could to overthrow Kerenski and set up Im Weltkriege. English
Portuguese later acquired the property and turned it into the European-style Leal Senado Building for municipal chamber and the front square for Portuguese settlers to hold festive celebrations.
The church that holds the undisputable proof as the first authentical apostolic establishment with founder the apostle of the Gentiles himself. Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker
Are the forces of fallacy still out there, waiting to reassume their hold? Times, Sunday Times
Definition: Consumption can be regarded as total expenditure by households on goods and services which yield utility in the current period.
It was the least encumbered of all the tenures with obsolete and burdensome features, reminiscent of an older day, when land-holding involved public rights and duties as well as private rights of ownership.
A study by the OECD and Mexico's Federal Competition Commission (CFC) found that 31% of Mexican household spending went on products supplied in monopolistic or highly oligopolistic markets.
Virgo has been depicted as a winged maiden holding a palm branch in her left hand and an ear of corn in her right.
This past week in the forest park, the fiery foliage set against cobalt skies was a sight to behold.
Wielding his blade like a master painter, his palette holds only one colour, and that is crimson.
‘This is evident in a number of markets where rents are falling, but yields are not only holding steady, but in most instances hardening,’ he said.
She now holds a senior post in the Department of Education.
Another steel trunk provides ample storage at the foot of the bed, and holds smaller items. Times, Sunday Times
To determine the exact width and thickness of the pieces you'll need, lift up a heat register or threshold and measure the exposed ends of the floorboards.
If the borsholder could not find such a number to answer for their innocence, the decennary was compelled by fine to make satisfaction to the king, according to the degree of the offence. [ The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John
Received entomological wisdom holds that a ‘prudent’ parasite does not kill its host.
I turned to air kiss Mr. Bailey and instead found myself falling as if in slow motion into the throne r oom where the Queen was holding court. A Royal Engagement
Such techniques are not available to middle-class families with modest savings, or to small business owners holding long-term capital gains.
These malignant Las Vegas showgirl lookalikes are holding Earth hostage, controlling the monsters with shrewdly hidden remote devices.
Still, the same rule can be applied in a household garden when planting herbaceous plants and smaller shrubs.
Indeed, the schemes of co-determination in Germany constitute functioning examples of shareholders sharing control with one other stakeholder group, namely the employees.
They were afraid the dam wouldn't hold.
If it became possible for shareholders to sue firms where those firms might reasonably have protected them from insider trading, corporate Australia's complaisance towards insider trading could take a healthy hit.
In the days following the D-Day landings, Allied troops carved a tenuous foothold on the coast of Normandy.
Holders of income shares got all the income earned from the trust, while holders of capital shares got all the capital gain.
His head's still swimming so he holds on tight to her waist so he doesn't fall.
The stakeholders are frighteningly numerous, diverse, intensely self-interested, and powerful.
The apparently unabating national and household poverty is widely debated.
Complicated cross-shareholdings in the keiretsu style are typical in Asia, where controlling families and their cronies siphon much wealth away from shareholders.
A cheery Christmas and the New Year hold lots of happiness for you!
Ever since, leftish malcontents have taken every opportunity to condemn the iniquity of holding all applicants for admission to the same standards.
Whether or not delegates were so tightly bound by their constituents and the record is by no means clear, they acted as if they were, holding firmly to their preconvention positions. Ratification
Companies make use of sokaiya to settle many kinds of trouble, to collect underground information, and to suppress common shareholders.
The demand for land focused hostile attention upon the graziers, who reared cattle and sheep commercially on extensive pastoral holdings.
Some of those nearest to him fell naturally into the habit of referring to him as “the King,” and in time the title crept out of the immediate household and was taken up by others who loved him. Mark Twain: A Biography
Does household cleaning give you headaches, nausea, dizzy spells or sign irritations?
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours. William James
The board has decided to withhold part of their grant money from certain students.
Happy about no one can only hold the force.
That largesse extends to shareholders, who will receive a 25p special dividend. Times, Sunday Times
When the lease ends, the property reverts to the freeholder.
Hold still a minute while I pin your dress up.
Prestwich Carnival at the weekend will hold a large parade and carnival in St Mary's Park and through Prestwich, which will be promoting green transport.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who chairs an investigative subcommittee that will hold a hearing on the report today, said the Obama administration should "get on with it and actually debar the worst of the tax cheats from the contractor workforce. GAO report: Tax cheats received billions in stimulus funds
They have a smallholding in Devon which is home to a host of animals, including a flock of pedigree Black Welsh Mountain sheep.
By holding the mobile to your ear, the death-dealing atomic waves penetrated your skull and a cancer was formed.
You are being asked for such a high sum because the new freeholder wants you to pay for the right to use a space. Times, Sunday Times
They having observed where the Chest stood, and wanting a necessary mooveable to houshold, yet loath to lay out money for buying it: complotted together this very night, to steale it thence, and carry it home to their house, as accordingly they did; finding it somewhat heavy, and therefore imagining, that matter of woorth was contained therein. The Decameron
In a richly ornamented setting with animals and plants on a red background, in 14 copper rosettes placed between lacunars, there are the Wise Virgins and Foolish Virgins of the New Testament parable; the former hold lighted lamps, the latter have lamps already extinguished.
The cheapest way I can think of to make people feel like they owe you is to have a crumply cardboard sign saying "Will Work For Food" and hold it up near a busy intersection. Don't Do Me Any Favors, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Whatever the cause, I felt dizzy, and without any bearings or footholds.
Now his placeman is prime minister, to what extent does he hold sway? Diary
I'm looking for a doings to hold up a curtain rail that's fallen down.
In these festivals the working people would hold skits in which they would uncrown the king.
The Queen pulled back on the cross, leaving the Governess holding the thin tapered dagger that had been concealed inside. 365 tomorrows » 2008 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
This so-called "truncation" of the collection process calls for a redefinition of the duties incumbent on the holder and collecting and drawee banks and have been specifically addressed in the proposed legislation. ANC Daily News Briefing
The litter on the boreen in Tullyvarraga, black bags of household rubbish thrown in over the wall, is a shame, a black spot in the quest for Tidy Towns glory.
The royal household declined to comment. Times, Sunday Times
Between 1921 and 1925 he began to develop new colemanite holdings in Clark County, Nevada.
It's worth keeping in mind that household mortgage credit expanded at an 11.4% rate during the second quarter, a torrid pace likely being surpassed with the current refi boom.
‘Welcome,’ the empress said to them, her voice holding false modesty.
Heat the olive oil over a medium heat in a heavy pan big enough to hold all the asparagus in one layer. Times, Sunday Times
As a holder of the Combat Infantrymans Badge, it and my Parachute badge are still on my old field jacket, as is the 173 Abn Bde patch on the right shoulder. Why Life is Now More Complicated
However this game can be tricky at the best of times and lo an behold the favourite was crowded out at this stage being put back to near last.
One scoop of ice cream holds seven teaspoons of sugar.
The company's shareholders have voted to remove the executive board.
Almonds, plums, apples, cherries, and lemons are enjoyed in many households fresh off the trees in family gardens.
The new shareholder has declared the intention to conclude agreements with the plant's creditors and restore the production.
He was accused of submitting claims for ‘inappropriate’ items, including metal fruit baskets, plastic holders for bathroom utensils, and even jars of piccalilli.
This is increasingly a focus of activist shareholders, including hedge funds.
Those labels in a holding pattern failed to generate excitement. Times, Sunday Times
His views hold no appeal for me.
Speaking of rounding tight corners, the Daily News reports that some messengers attempted to promote cycling in Queens this past weekend by holding an alleycat called "BLVDS of DEATH: Archive 2010-09-01
After first-round draft pick Sylvester Morris ended a 20-day holdout by signing a seven-year deal, the team didn't want to waste any time getting him on the field.
However, in a mad final scramble, the Vipers were able to hold on to win their fourth straight Stampede Challenge title.
This requires that the public and lawmakers have confidence that those entrusted to uphold the law will comply with it themselves, both on and off duty. Times, Sunday Times
The property takes up the bottom two floors of a Grade II-listed Regency terrace and comes with a share of the freehold.
The programme is designed to benefit all households or residential units in Johannesburg, provided their electricity accounts are paid in full.
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He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue.
The proposed acquisition, which must be approved by shareholders, values the two networks at about $ 16 a share.
It is well worth a visit as there are bargains in furniture, household goods, delph and bric-a-brac.
This old, and now rare traditional variety has deep, full-bodied apple aromas, which hold nothing back on a super juicy palate.
An arbitration tribunal from the International Chamber of Commerce ruled Cukurova Holding, owned by Turkish businessman Mehmet Karamehmet , must pay the amount, plus interest dating back to June 2007, after withdrawing from a deal to sell a stake in the company. TeliaSonera Wins Damages
In 1819 the tenant was a person named McKechnie, as to whom I have been unable to glean any information whatever beyond the bare fact that he was a pewholder in St. James's church. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales
Tuesday at 3 p.m. place-holders started showing up outside the restaurant Galatoire's to stand in line so their well-heeled patrons can enjoy trout amandine and souffle potatoes Friday during the celebrated pre-Fat Tuesday fest. Archive 2005-02-01
My voice holds them at bay.
Holding the chain railing, we followed our leader and had up-close encounters with yellow tails, sergeant majors, blue tang, trumpet fish, and other reef dwellers.
Men don't care how they look," said Thorny, squirming out of her hold, for he hated to be "cuddled" before people. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated
Hold that stretch, pulling and elongating the spine from the very base out of the hips, chin to chest.
And still major leaguers blew it last season, triggering a more stringent form of testing by exceeding the five-percent threshold of positive results.
If that were so, there would be no need to keep its constantly moving location a secret or to hold it only when the moon is down, during that time some call the shallows of night. Beneath an opal moon
Cadbury dismisses 'derisory' Kraft bid food giant Kraft yesterday, labelling it "derisory" and "unattractive" and calling on its shareholders to turn it down. WN.com - Articles related to Cadbury chief prefers Hershey to Kraft as bid battle looms larger
We are heartened to see the counter-errorist troops in the SGPS fighting to gain a thought foothold among graduate students. Stephen Taylor - a blog on Canadian politics
He considers the mode of assorting the cards in each hand; often counting trump by trump, and honor by honor, through the glances bestowed by their holders upon each. The Murders in the Rue Morgue
This ensured that the beaglers could not use the traditional Wiltshire Police tactic of letting the hunt drive away while holding sabs up.
The effect of my statement upon my husband was terrible to behold. LION IN THE VALLEY
Existing shareholders are less diluted. Times, Sunday Times
The Bonanza crossed the runway threshold while the helicopter was still about 250 feet from a planned touchdown point of 1500 feet down the runway.
Located between the teeth, hinge sockets provide the space for holding the tooth of the opposite valve.
However, I would not hold your breath that the rogue parties will have a sudden fit of netiquette - after all, what's in it for them?
She works in nearly 10 homes, making chapatis and doing all other household chores.
Far more serious than their sins against the basic rules of journalism is the corporate stranglehold over the major print and broadcast outlets.
The shopkeeper tells me that he has agreed to buy the whole building from the owner of the freehold. Times, Sunday Times
She is wearing blue eye liner and blue eye shadow and blue lip gloss and she has her hair tied up high with a blue hairband and two blue barrettes holding her hair in place.
The inequity of allowing windfall profits to be appropriated by private landholders can thus be demonstrated more clearly than in George's day.
His plan is to make us all stakeholders in the new European order by giving the national parliaments of Europe more of a say in what goes on in Brussels and Strasbourg.
Are you as a shareholder in a position to finance the purchase?
Which is not to say that the courts would hold the dispute justiciable – my guess is that they would still be reluctant to do so. The Volokh Conspiracy » Would “Deem & Pass” Survive Judicial Review?
All are put under him; we hold of him, as in capite, and owe subjection and obedience to him, who is also Jesus and Christ, the anointed Saviour, and especially our Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Field soldiers during the cold war, some hold dark secrets that could topple governments.
Best Buy is promoting its Geek Squad, promising shoppers before they buy that complicated electronic thingamajig that its employees will hold their hands through the installation process and beyond.
These are all variations on the same thing, though: a soft cloth wrap that holds the baby close.
In spite of this, most credit card issuers still fleece their cardholders with sky-high rates.
The "aa" means that you hold the vowel sound for two beats as opposed to one. Arabic for Dummies
Jane has also designed a collapsible sandwich box which folds to A5 size and a coffee and doughnut holder.
Several persons unfit to hold public office were pitchforked into high office.
Three times a week he holds a "durbar," for the trial of offenders and transaction of general regimental business. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute
To compete, WiMAX needs to build out now, before LTE gains a threshold in major markets — but that WiMAX buildout is in doubt. Our Readers Take on the LTE v. WiMAX Debate
One drawing, dated 1768, shows a short-legged lidless partitioned square box, and another, dated 1769, shows an octagonal lidded container on short legs partitioned to hold eight bottles.
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report
It is necessary to hold these pastilles in place, which is done by means of a grid or frame, of antimonious lead, surrounding and firmly binding them.
Once the appointment is made the independence of office puts its holder more or less beyond reach. Times, Sunday Times
And here I thought you would hold it out for me, considering the whole chivalry thing.
I find as many homes as I can and keep as many as I can house properly; I spay/neuter, give annual shots, treat for heartworms and fleas, and hold the others in my arms as my veterinarian gives them the shot to euthanize them.
They have a legal obligation to look after their shareholders so money out ought to mean some benefit in.
Surely this would be the ideal place to locate these stall holders - still in the town centre but not causing obstructions.
Fossilized distrust indicates failure at this key democratic task of holding majorities and minorities together.
Youth holds no society with grief. Euripides
Yet we make no apology for fighting for our independence as fiercely as we fight in our journalism to expose wrongdoing and hold the powerful to account. Times, Sunday Times
As water moves through soil and rock, it dissolves very small amounts of minerals and holds them in solution.
I want to do something that will alert other children to the dangers of household products.
I'm not sure the term insufferable boor is quite adequate here, I'm not saying that he's entirely without humor, but it's the sort of humor that is always tempered by a reminder of how much money he has and how he is holding it over his adult children. Outfoxed Diary Entry
On an ancient stone stump, about three feet thick and three feet high, used for securing ships by ropes to the shore, and called a bollard or holdfast, an elderly gentleman sits facing the land with his head bowed and his face in his hands, sobbing. Back to Methuselah
Observe live bugs and even hold the creepy-crawlies in your hands. Times, Sunday Times
There too, one May, I had identified a garden warbler singing hidden within a huge candled horse chestnut that spread its great branches across the road as if it were holding its own skirt. A Year on the Wing
Without warning my foothold broke and I slid downward ripping a gash in the plastic that held the containers of water together.
Now, they hold him responsible for planning to destabilise the country.
They play urban refugees - an unhappily married man and a coffee-shop girl burdened by her ill father - on the threshold of potential love.
Because of this, the government holds an Oriental Cherry Festival every year.
Unable to hold the city, he managed the evacuation adroitly, regrouping his forces at White Plains.
The Directors propose to offer ordinary shareholders the opportunity to receive fully paid ordinary shares in the Company in lieu of the cash dividend.
Is it more truly democratic to hold a referendum?
But this is cold comfort to those struggling to manage tight household budgets. The Sun
The team captains hold aloft the cup and together pull it apart to reveal two specially-made halves - in this game there are no losers.
The problem was we hadn't been able to hold the ball up front, so it came back straightaway.
This ability is a major incentive within fundholding.
The electricity rates payable by householders was two and a half annas per unit.
Protestant hymnody in particular has a special hold on him.
Measuring around my non-existent waistline and…… hold on a minute, this can't be right.
As expected the bill will introduce a 50 per cent turnout threshold for strike ballots. Times, Sunday Times
A boring-sounding penne dish, tossed with crisped bits of pancetta (the unsmoked Italian bacon) and a basil-flecked cream sauce, turns out to hold interest down to the last bite.
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.
Developers and speculators were left holding thousands of new unsold condos creating the greatest buyer's market ever experienced in this part of the world, i.e. the supply (glut) of new condos far outnumbers the demand. Herd Mentality As it Applies to Real Estate in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Religious bigotries hold sway over individuals and communities. Times, Sunday Times
As institutionalized censorship defines real experience by what it disallows, we assume the unseeable must be more real that our own perceptions, holding secret truths known only to higher powers.
Mercury promises success when you write about a topic you hold dear. The Sun
Services companies were concerned about inflation and the squeeze on household income. Times, Sunday Times
We thank our shareholders, bondholders and employees for their patience and continued support. Times, Sunday Times
Despite her handicap, Jane is able to hold down a full-time job.
The magazine tube holds 10 rounds and the tapered octagon barrel is 20 inches long.
We will abolish tax relief for private health insurance, whilst protecting the rights of existing policy-holders.
Then her arms come under the back to form a sort of strap and she holds on to her thighs. Times, Sunday Times
*applies latex swim cap to hold skull togedder, then CHRG wdoi ober the swim cap* I told u - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
The discovery of a small planetoid in the Kuiper belt, the distant disk of debris whose chunks eventually formed the solar system, make Pluto's chances of holding onto its status of bona fide planet weaker.
And another bankruptcy, involving Braniff Airlines, reminded everyone of the stranglehold the Big Eight carriers have over the domestic market.

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