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How to use the word HOLDING in a Sentence?

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Books are the silent but eloquent mentors, holding the power to ignite minds, kindle passions, and shape destinies.

Aloo Denish Obiero

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4 months ago

He laughs, in the way that I have come to admire–as if there are no fences holding him back, as if pure glee could paint all the walls of the world in a single coat.

Jodi Picoult

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8 months ago

Life is a delicate dance between holding on and letting go, finding balance in the ever-changing rhythms of existence.~ Aloo Denish

Aloo Denish

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10 months ago

I want Russia and other nations to know the truth. I don’t want war and bloodshed. You see I’m holding a cigarette in this hand. I followed orders with this hand and killed children.

Azamat Uldarov

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I look forward to holding Democrats accountable for their failure to prosecute crimes and instead engage in illegal political witch-hunts against their political opponents.

Elise Stefanik

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You chase these rallies and then it fizzles out — you’re left holding the bag.

Jimmy Chang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For almost two days, we were a rocking and rolling and a slipping and sliding through the Drake Passage and we were holding on for dear life, it was just wild.

Ellie Hamby

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The main reason oil investors are and have been reluctant to invest – I would say 80% of it, has to do with these fundamental issues, it’s not because Joe Biden said there’s no [new] leasing. The political factor is there, but it’s not the main reason holding them back.

Bob McNally

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The protests will continue unless Netanyahu will note publicly that he was mistaken when leading that reform, and (that) he is holding all future motivations to renew the judicial reform, this is the only scenario where we will see a complete stop of all the demonstrations.

Major General Tamir Hayman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Growing our economy, creating good jobs for people in a changing world, how we’re going to be holding off the rise of authoritarianism, defending our democracies, how we’re going to be continuing to step up on the fight against climate change …there’s so much that we can do together and so much greater impact that we have around the world when we do it together.

Justin Trudeau

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Alito’s citation is both cynical and misleading, implying that Justice Ginsburg disapproved of the Roe holding.

Lara Bazelon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He was barely able to walk, he had to have two people on either side of him holding him up as he tried to make his way to the spot.

Sara Sidner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am firmly committed to holding those responsible for this mess fully accountable and to continuing our efforts to strengthen oversight and regulation of larger banks so that we are not in this position again.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our grandkids live in Florida, so we’ve had a chance to see and hear what he’s done down there, but everyone in Florida tells us, we don’t want him to run for president because we want to keep him here. That’s a good thing to hear about somebody holding public office.

Kim Schmett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I want to thank everyone who has been holding Ukrainian flags in the squares and streets of Georgia these days.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I want to thank everyone who has been holding Ukrainian flags in the squares and streets of Georgia these days, we want to be in the European Union and we will be. We want Georgia to be in the European Union, and I am sure it will be.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When those doors shut, I cried for 30 minutes straight, uncontrollable sobbing, because that’s how much we were holding it together for eight years.

Michelle Obama

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When you look at how important anonymity is for rape and sexual assault survivors … their privacy is so critical, and if we don’t allow them to do these cases anonymously, then we are going to decrease the chances of holding perpetrators and institutions accountable when it comes to instances of sexual violence.

Stacy Malone

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We hear the concerns of countries who worry that standing with Ukraine and holding Russia accountable is diverting focus and resources from others in need, to those countries, I would say, simply, look at our actions. And when you hear Russia and its defenders accuse the countries who support Ukraine of ignoring the rest of the world, I say: look at Moscow’s actions.

Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

But the next day when they woke up, they weren’t themselves, my oldest had a rash on her face. The youngest did too but not as bad. The 2-year-old was holding her eye and complaining that her eye was hurting. She was very lethargic, so I took them back to my parents’ home.

Ayla Sue Antoniazzi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Before bringing my kids back home, I washed all the linen and a bunch of clothes, cleaned surfaces and aired the house out, but the next day when they woke up, they were n’t themselves. My oldest had a rash on her face. The youngest did too but not as bad. The 2-year-old was holding her eye and complaining that her eye was hurting. She was very lethargic, so I took them back to my parents ’ home.

Ayla Antoniazzi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

But the next day when they woke up, they were n’t themselves. My oldest had a rash on her face. The youngest did too but not as bad. The 2-year-old was holding her eye and complaining that her eye was hurting. She was very lethargic, so I took them back to my parents ’ home.

Ayla Antoniazzi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The receiver went to the inside, and he was attempting to release to the outside, the defender grabbed the jersey with his right hand and restricted him from releasing to the outside. So, therefore, we called defensive holding.

Carl Cheffers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

By the end of that evening, we were holding hands, that was March 6. And then we were engaged July 4, and married December 28.

Graham Kidner Vickie

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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