holding

Example Sentences

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Dandridge said Williams was "holding the hockey stick in both hands".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

At times holding up to six rallies a day, Wadagni has campaigned across the country, talking and mingling with voters, in the first election in which he has ever stood.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

L.A.’s sons and daughters, mothers and grandmothers, uncles and aunties, leaders and stewards, artists and musicians, holding court on native soil.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Employers in the country added 14,100 jobs in March, holding the unemployment rate at 6.7%, the national data agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Beyond the front of the truck, in the driveway, I saw her mother holding a cardboard carton under one arm and pulling at the minivan door with the other.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott