List of synonyms from "hold office" to synonyms from "holding pattern"


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Definition of the day : « holding back »

  • verb repress
Example sentences :
  • Or, have you been holding back from Him, fearing He might make some changes in you or your plans?
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
  • There's something on your mind, and it's holding back your complete recovery.
  • Extract from : « Owen Clancy's Happy Trail » by Burt L. Standish
  • You are always stirring up a fuss and holding back the game.
  • Extract from : « Hester's Counterpart » by Jean K. Baird
  • These are the men who are holding back the wheels of progress.
  • Extract from : « Grey Town » by Gerald Baldwin
  • He was occupied in his cigar, and in holding back the pliant boughs.
  • Extract from : « A Room With A View » by E. M. Forster
  • Then, holding back from testimony is a snare into which some of you have fallen.
  • Extract from : « Standards of Life and Service » by T. H. Howard
  • More like them, in the trenches, are holding back the Germans.
  • Extract from : « The Backwash of War » by Ellen N. La Motte
  • These cattlemen are holding back settlement for their own selfish purposes.
  • Extract from : « The Eagle's Heart » by Hamlin Garland
  • He interrupts himself, holding back the name—Helen Armstrong.
  • Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid
  • After just the right amount of holding back and objecting, Lopresto agreed.
  • Extract from : « Subspace Survivors » by E. E. Smith