How to Use hold together in a Sentence

hold together

phrasal verb

• The skirt had the same lace down the split in front, held together by buttons.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 2 May 2023
• Just sent it through the wash and still holds together great!
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 8 Aug. 2023
• For an egg wash and to make the sausage hold together better.
  — Laura Kanya, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
• Some of the church’s drums were held together by black tape after the mob punched holes in them.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• For smooth cakes that hold together, be sure to slice the onion very thinly.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023
• We had been wrung out by the Basin, and Matt looked like a skeleton held together with skin.
  — Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 15 Aug. 2024
• The dessert is baked in 4-inch ramekins until the middle just starts to hold together.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
• The silicone gasket mount holds together the board and the switch plate.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2024
• They were held together by bullpen games before the break.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• The dress was complete with a keyhole held together by a gold clasp.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
• Kozlov was held together with Jan and Ziv the entire eight months.
  — David Isaac, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2024
• The lobster open-hand roll — held together with soy paper and topped with bubu arare for a nice crunch — was a standout.
  — Nicole Cobler, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
• Weft bundles are multiple pieces of loose hair held together at the top by a strip.
  — Annie Blay, Allure, 16 Apr. 2024
• But there’s no doubting that those skills are what help hold together the vast tonal and stylistic range of her music.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Their job, said Ashwin Vasan, the city’s health commissioner, is to be the glue that holds together the pieces of a fractured life.
  — Andy Newman Hiroko Masuike, New York Times, 3 May 2023
• Bring the dough together with your hands until the clumps hold together.
  — Martin Sorge, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2024
• Heck, it may well be held together with duct tape, bailing wire and chewing gum.
  — Rob Day, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• The project is a musical film held together by the thinnest of narratives.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
• The window in my cell was held together by cellophane and hope.
  — airmail.news, 4 Jan. 2025
• Just a puck of coffee held together by a food-safe coating of seaweed.
  — Jaina Grey, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
• The wedding album sits on my desk, held together by tape and aged binding.
  — Claudia Cowan, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
• The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people.
  — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2024
• Salty drinking snacks are the threads that hold together the fabric of society.
  — Ellen Fort, Saveur, 21 Feb. 2024
• Slowly add 2 cups of water and knead until the dough holds together and does not tear when pressed, about 7 minutes.
  — Karla Tatiana Vasquez, Saveur, 29 May 2024
• At about eight feet across, the electrolyzers are made of metal plates and membranes held together by huge bolts.
  — Michael Copley, NPR, 22 Sep. 2024
• Now it’s held together with electrical tape and sail tape.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
• The cutouts were held together by the Italian fashion house's iconic gold safety pins.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2023
• Add more water and keep stirring until the mixture holds together when squeezed in your hand.
  — Kenneth Setzer, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The bra, held together in the center by a small silver hoop, had the brand’s iconic monogram pattern printed all over.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Aug. 2023
• These broccoli bites are held together by panko, those Japanese breadcrumbs that have become widely available in the United States.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Feb 2025