Holds

Examples

• The marine-store merchant holds the light, and the law-stationer conducts the search. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The surplus he holds merely as custodian, and it is passed on to the younger members of the community as necessity demands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Can a man help imitating that with which he holds reverential converse? Plato. The Republic.
• And of the pleasures of love, and all other pleasures, the same holds good? Plato. The Republic.
• Mrs. Rouncewell, who holds the light, is giddy with the swiftness of his eyes and hands as he starts up, furnished for his journey. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In the Mannlicher gun, adopted by the German army, the clip which holds the cartridges is itself inserted into the magazine, along with the cartridges. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The operator in Fig. 6 is shown assembling switch plugs and is in the act of driving home a screw which holds in place the fiber bar over which the cord bends. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The law of reflection always holds, however, no matter what the reflecting surface is,--the angle of reflection always equals the angle of incidence. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• What next of the one person who holds the foremost place in my heart? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I'll warrant ye, said the drover, holds it and makes money out of it, and then turns round and brands the boy in his right hand. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The trooper flushes angrily and hesitates a moment, but holds out his two hands, clasped together, and says, There! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• My Lady, with a disdainful gesture of the hand that holds the screen, assures him of his being worth no complaint from her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In the case of wire rope it is the firmness with which the metal holds together that gives it its great resisting strength. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Glad the fine weather holds. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• A cable holds the balloon captive. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• However, there is no wood that takes and holds paint better. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is a picture that really holds one's attention; its beauty is fascinating. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There are diamonds glittering on the hand that holds the screen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The observer holds this up between himself and the sky, turning it gradually round till he finds the tint of the instrument exactly corresponding to the tint of the sky. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I have not as yet had time to follow up this subject in all quarters of the world; but as far as I have gone, the relation holds good. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The person who holds fast to that idea is forever incapable of understanding either men or constitutions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I give him my hand, which he holds in his. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• A block, with a hole which just fits the axle, holds it against the wall. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The irony of circumstances holds no mortal catastrophe in respect. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The dear little thing, returned Herbert, holds dutifully to her father as long as he lasts; but he won't last long. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• A porous tube, _b_, holds a rod of amalgamated zinc, to the top of which a binding-screw is soldered. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• What is the letter that she holds? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And as for Mrs. Hodges, Wright holds her very cheap indeed. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Our strongest holds are not proof against a storm of hail, and even a dark cloud damps the very stoutest heart. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• She thinks of all this, as she holds her daughter in her arms, and wishes that she were not handsome and attractive. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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