"hold" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The last thing he saw was the gate falling, his parents on the other side, trying to get to him, held back by guards.
- The Plague moved slowly there, held back by the cold, but it took them all.
- The clouds were still low and black, held back by an invisible wall about fifty miles away.
- And she'd seen death held back by a ring.
- I pulled up short, held back by a stab across my chest.
- Until the door came open a little, held back by a heavy chain.
- An old Russian folk song is like water held back by a dam.
- The center figure has his arms held back by the one on the left.
- It closed below its recent high, held back by drops in drug, health care and bank stocks.
- Small groups of workers stood nearby, held back by military police.
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