NOUN
- the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land
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a state of inaction with no progress and no change
you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment
How To Use holding pattern In A Sentence
- The problem is, this part of the world seems to have gone into a holding pattern, glued into place by steamy days and sweltering nights that make anything but passive observation seem too athletic.
- This surge of humanity has disrupted land-holding patterns and economic relationships and engendered ethnic conflict.
- you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment
- But remaining in a holding pattern will only allow AMD to eat away at both mindshare and market share.
- They begin to live with the illusion that their performance is static, in a holding pattern.
- In some kind of internal holding pattern with my bearings lost, deadly shy and baffled.
- In particular, cross-channel landholding patterns were breaking up, with ever more distinct baronages residing either side of the Channel.
- Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.
- For many of us, the hamper is like an overstock bin where clothes go into a complex holding pattern, and a quick windventory will often produce a perfectly respectable outfit. Word Fugitives
- Those labels in a holding pattern failed to generate excitement. Times, Sunday Times
