HELD in a Sentence
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365 example sentences for HELD, such as:
1. The trial was held in camera.
2. Robbers held up a bank at gunpoint.
3. The trial was held under tight security.
4. She held up her arm and wiped her tears off.
5. The funeral will be held according to church.
2. Robbers held up a bank at gunpoint.
3. The trial was held under tight security.
4. She held up her arm and wiped her tears off.
5. The funeral will be held according to church.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of HELD
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held
a. occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Against the dark background of the kitchen she stood up tall and angular, one hand drawing a quilted counterpane to her flat breast, while the other held a lamp.
2 She held the light at the same level, and it drew out with the same distinctness her slim young throat and the brown wrist no bigger than a child's.
3 Perhaps Zeena had failed to see the new doctor or had not liked his counsels: Ethan knew that in such cases the first person she met was likely to be held responsible for her grievance.
4 Ethan's hand dropped from the door-knob, which he had held clenched since he had drawn the door shut on Mattie.
5 She seemed to melt against him in her terror, and he caught her in his arms, held her fast there, felt her lashes beat his cheek like netted butterflies.
6 Her lips, groping for his, swept over his face, and he held her fast in a rapture of surprise.
7 Coastal Georgia was too firmly held by an entrenched aristocracy for him ever to hope to win the place he intended to have.
8 Here in north Georgia was a rugged section held by a hardy people.
9 John Wilkes always held his barbecues there, on the gentle slope leading down to the rose garden, a pleasant shady place and a far pleasanter place, for instance, than that used by the Calverts.
10 He held her fan in one hand and his untouched plate of barbecue in the other and stubbornly refused to meet the eyes of Honey, who seemed on the verge of an outburst of tears.
11 However, ladies have seldom held any charms for me.
12 He yelled just as loudly when she held him as when Prissy did.
13 Little Wade had to be held up time and again, so that ladies who ventured as far through the ooze as their carriage blocks could exclaim over him.
14 "Mrs. Bonnell's children have the measles," said Mrs. Merriwether abruptly, showing plainly that she held Mrs. Bonnell personally responsible for permitting such a thing to happen.
15 Pitty fumbled at her skirt and held the vial to her nose.
Example Sentence: (155 in 11 pages)
1 According to the American Constitution, presidential elections are held every four years.
2 The funeral will be held according to church.
3 She suddenly held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room.
4 The most widely held view is the market will continue to power ahead.
5 The winning captain held the trophy in the air.
6 The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.
7 She held up her arm and wiped her tears off.
8 Our attention was held throughout his long talk.
9 Robbers held up a bank at gunpoint.
10 He had had a varied training and held many offices.
11 The trial was held under tight security.
12 The trial was held in camera.
13 The plan calls for the UN to administer the country until elections can be held.
14 He must needs swim that is held up by the chin.
15 Before you give up ,think of the reason why you held on so long.