One cord held them at their waist and another at the knees.

But at the last moment some fraying cord of sanity had held instead of giving way.

He tried to pull away, but the cords held him helpless.

Yet the cord held, and I was as well-tethered as a horse at an inn door.

But these cords will hold him; carefully, for we must do it out of love.

How could such a flimsy little cord hold the frantic weight of such a monster?

The cord held, and she relaxed gratefully onto the support of the cord.

When the book is closed, the cords hold the papers tightly and there is little chance of tearing.

No cords held him, but he could not have moved a step for his life.

Little pulleys and cords held his leg up at an odd angle that must have been hell on the back.