Held

Examples

• But still the disappointed father held a strong lever; and Fred felt as if he were being banished with a malediction. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• For a short while the world outside of Menlo Park held Edison's claims in derision. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Her colour burned deeper, but she held his gaze. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• There was a cry and a rush to rescue, but the right hand which all this while had lain hidden in Moore's breast, reappearing, held out a pistol. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• So, I presented Joe to Herbert, who held out his hand; but Joe backed from it, and held on by the bird's-nest. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He held his cap in his hand and looked at the elderly nurse. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The former now held out his hand to Harry Maylie; and hearty salutations were exchanged between them. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• A serious occurrence that might have resulted in accident drove him soon after from Canada, although the youth could hardly be held to blame for it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I am sure Uriah held his. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• In Middlemarch a wife could not long remain ignorant that the town held a bad opinion of her husband. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The conductor from the hopper to the machine is made of two strips of steel, down which the pins, held by their heads, slide. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But her mother held her back, saying, with a look she seldom wore. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• There is not a savage or barbaric race to-day that is not held in a net of such tradition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She rose and held up the child kicking and crowing in her arMs. Do you know who this is, Walter? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She held her to her bosom; she cradled her in her arms; she rocked her softly, as if lulling a young child to sleep. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Over many parts of Europe a sort of legendary overlordship of the Hellenic Eastern Empire held its place in men's minds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Certainly none until afterwards when I held the clue. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Ay, but he held his sword in his left hand, and so pointed across his body with it, said the Templar. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• He chose the trade of a lapidary, or polisher of precious stones, an art which in that age was held in almost as high esteem as that of the painter or sculptor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• If both flanks ever held I suppose it would be too much to take, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I know because I've felt it starting to go three times now and I've held it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Seashells when held to the ear seem to contain the roar of the sea; this is because the air within the shell is set into sympathetic vibrations by some external tone. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• He straightened himself then, and I saw that what he held in his hand was a sort of gun, with a curiously misshapen butt. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Dear friend, she said, pressing the hand which held hers, how good, how kind you always have been to me! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• At all events, I held my tongue, and helped to screen what he was about. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A council was held; lots were cast who should walk up to the master after supper that evening, and ask for more; and it fell to Oliver Twist. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Deerhurst was smelling a bottle of hartshorn, which Sophia's landlady held fast to the end of his nose. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Some fanatics among them, to be sure, held that one book, the Koran, was of itself sufficient to insure the well-being of the whole human race, but happily a more enlightened view prevailed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Reflecting upon these and similar evils, you held the tyrannical State to be the most miserable of States? Plato. The Republic.
• The county police ought to make something of that, said he; why, it is surely obvious that-- But I held up a warning finger. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

Edited by Benson