How to Use hold in in a Sentence

hold in

phrasal verb

• Hostages: More than 100 held in the Gaza Strip have been released.
  — Shane Harris, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
• At the time, the trial was set to be held in Latah County, where the killings occurred.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
• With the pressure of miles of ocean above them, these cell walls are held in a workable shape.
  — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
• Those will be held in the morning outside the presence of the jury.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
• The Solo Shadow has a gold top with the product held in a deep smoky gray pot.
  — ELLE, 14 Aug. 2023
• Hostages: Israel has said there are two main goals in the war: Destroy Hamas and free the hostages held in Gaza.
  — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• He was being held in lieu of more than $1 million bail.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2024
• The Rainbow Gatherings date to 1972, when the first one was held in Colorado.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
• Looking Ahead What does the world hold in store for the wealthiest people in 2024?
  — Jordan Fitzgerald, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
• All the acts have musicians on hold in case they’re needed.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 13 May 2024
• Toe-Touch Squat Start standing, feet about shoulder-width apart, arms held in front of you.
  — Men's Health, 7 July 2023
• Smith remains held in the Montgomery County jail on no bond.
  — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
• But this is the first — and perhaps last — year that Artscape will be held in the early fall instead of mid-summer.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
• The 83-year gap since the last one, held in St. Paul, Minnesota, was the longest in history.
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
• At the end of the game, the player who holds in her hand the color that has dominated the most regions on the map is the winner.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
• All of the Ordinary Shares have equal voting rights and there are no shares held in Treasury.
  — Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024
• There have now been twenty-seven COPs; this week marks the opening of the twenty-eighth, which will be held in Dubai.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2023
• Duran is being held in the San Diego County jail in lieu of just over $1 million bail.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
• If the seeding had held in the section playoffs, the San Jose private school would have been done after one game.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
• Nor was the fact that the show was supposed to be held in the afternoon in the streets of the Brera district, but got rained out at the last minute and was forced indoors.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
• He is being held in the Latah County Jail without bail and the judge has entered not guilty pleas on his behalf.
  — Andy Rose, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
• King had been awaiting trial while held in jail for 18 months, unable to post a $1 million bond.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
• Four other hostages held in Gaza were released before the cease-fire began.
  — Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
• Russell said she was held in the trailer of, checking surveillance footage at rest stops and truck stops.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• The ceremony was held in New Orleans, and they have been married since.
  — Mckinley Franklin, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
• With the chainsaw firmly clamped either in a saw vise or with the tool’s bar held in a bench vise, align the markings on the guide so they are parallel with the saw bar.
  — Joe Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
• Take a peek back in time About 9 million acres of Arizona land are held in a trust that has existed since statehood.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
• One thing is clear: The rate that adults are placed on psychiatric holds in San Diego County has nearly doubled over the past three decades.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
• Bursey, who is being held in the Ramsey County jail, is scheduled to make his first court appearance in the case on Thursday.
  — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
• The same stat holds in Europe, where roughly two-thirds of all e-waste never makes it into official recycling streams.
  — Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024