held down
Example Sentences
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But Venture faces legal risks too, which have held down its stock price since it went public last year.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
The friends keep it low-tech, with an alert system consisting of fishing lines attached to plastic foam and held down by weights.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The move in silver is ‘less of a one-off spike and more of a long overdue repricing of an asset that had been held down for more than a decade.’
From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025
"If I use a public toilet and the tap has to be held down, that impacts my ability, not because I can't do it, but because the designer hasn't thought about me."
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
He knew what it felt like to be held down.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
