holding pen

Example Sentences

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The firm began this year by forcing clients into a holding pen that prevented them from redeeming any money until 2026 and limiting withdrawals thereafter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

Except the kitchen at 221B is… well, it’s not a kitchen so much as a crime-scene-adjacent holding pen.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

For many patients, it felt like they were stuck in a holding pen, often without much hope of being released.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2022

The company had placed them in a holding pen before slaughter time, a daily task done with little fuss by workers for over 70 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2021

I used to think of the campus as a haven, but now I saw it as a holding pen where my brother would stay until he turned eighteen or could find another family.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter