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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhp-held |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌpˈhɛld |
Definition of upheld
Origin :- past participle of uphold (q.v.).
- adj supported
- Hanging from the poles which upheld the awnings were sausages, chitterlings, and hams.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- She had staggered under the weight laid upon her, but she had upheld it.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- The supreme Court of Law has, in many decisions, upheld this condition.
- Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
- That thought has manned me and upheld me when anguish was near to slaying me outright.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- They had to be nurtured and upheld, no matter how the contacts of life hit his own skin.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- He should have upheld her so that she did not stumble over these pitfalls of the earth.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- De Barral had to vanish; the theory was that de Barral had vanished, and it had to be upheld.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- There was every reason to believe the Supreme Court would have upheld the statute.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- In this opinion the colonies were upheld by the law officers in England.
- Extract from : « The Fathers of New England » by Charles M. Andrews
- I have known trials and sorrows not a few, but His presence has upheld me.
- Extract from : « The Centurion's Story » by David James Burrell
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