"hold" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Plato notes that hepatoscopy held greater prestige than augury by means of birds.
- Thus, "The sower holds the works and wheels by means of water."
- Many of those soldiers were on the riverbank, holding onto the barge by means of long ropes.
- The old-fashioned grate filled with charcoal held close to the surface by means of a long handle is now not often used.
- He had been holding his machete by means of a leather strap around his right stump.
- A semi-truck which was trailing 150 feet behind the carrier, held on to it by means of a cable.
- Behind him stands a mirror which he holds in uneasy balance by means of ropes slung over his shoulders.
- After all, the English have absorbed a quarter of the earth and held on to it by means of a huge navy.
- The Commission will therefore hold a dialogue with the Member States and national regulation bodies, by means of the committee.
- Dawson asked a trooper who was holding a big gun by means of a pencil through the trigger guard.
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