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Sentence Examples On September 3, two protesters held up delegates travelling to the show for 40 minutes by chaining themselves to two trains. Strikers held up banners as they tried to persuade office staff, delivery workers and postmen not to cross the picket line. And yet this sad figure is held up as a beacon of commiserative hope for women? Later, as a professional musician, her songs were frequently held up for unfair comparison with his. He arrives here at midnight, he always travels late to avoid being held up by the crowds he encounters in the day. Detachable sleeves, reversible jackets, transformable caps, drapes held up with snap buttons are not only user-friendly, but give people freedom. Honestly, he's so kind and if you got held up on your way to pick up the kids he would take special care to mind them till you got there. But Russian forces have been held up by heavily mined roads and tough rebel resistance. Five years have passed since Daly held up the trophy and in that time much has changed. It is very open and transparent and we are held up in Europe as an example of good practice. The morning of our High Court appearance a huge crowd of students held up the streets. The first pair of legs or pedipalpi are held up in front of them and used in a similar manner to the antennae of insects. You know, I've not been held up on trial in a court of law as a criminal, so no, I don't think I'm a criminal. Jon held up a short, sturdy club, and Brianna quickly untangled a net and dagger. Mortana held up the phial of pearlescent liquid, handing it and the pouch back to Tomi. Solomon, for example, is held up as a model of wisdom, even though he eventually becomes as corrupted as other kings. They're held up by colored plastic pushpins in crowded, overlapping, random order. Corporation officials say that delay in sanctioning funds and the unavailability of bitumen had held up tarring for over eight months. The cups held up to one gallon of oysters and shuckers could shuck between two and four thousand oysters in a days time. She held up a hand, stopping it dead midway through, and it dropped like a stone, hitting the ground with a thud and lying like a dead animal. Show More Sentences The young man held up his hands to show he was unarmed, but they continued towards him, the daggers gleaming in the flickering light. As she waved to the crowd, she held up another finger, making the peace sign. The heavy rain held up the start for an hour and a half and left sodden fairways and greens to add to the golfers' worries. He held up his paper, revealing a large blot of ink in the middle of his letter. Dunlea came close to adding to the try count, but was held up as he bludgeoned his way over the line. But her arms soon uncrossed, falling to her sides when he held up a brand new stroller, a small smile coming to his face. In July 1944 his army was held up between the beaches and the bocage in Normandy. They held up his reform programme and kept him on the defensive by mounting attacks on his closest associates. They held up movements for about eight hours and the road was effectively closed. For the rest of the game, many fans wore slickers and held up umbrellas in an attempt to stay dry. Manchester's war on binge drinking has been held up as a model for other cities as a new report reveals the true cost of alcohol abuse. Rather than heckling and preventing the speakers from talking, they held up the signs in unison to show their agreement or disagreement. A small group of unmasked protesters sat in front of the water cannon and held up their hands giving peace signs. He kissed Greek soil, which was held up in a basket in deference to his fragile physical state. The swell built to 10 foot faces, and an offshore wind held up the waves, creating perfect conditions for getting barreled. When the balloon is held up to a wall, the negative charge causes the electrons in the wall to move away from the area. Progress was held up while extra engineering work was carried out to break through the concrete and negotiate the obstacle. The surface was playable but a sodden pitch ensured passes either held up in standing water or skidded off the wet. It cannot hurt for the dictator to be held up to obloquy and censure for the use of gas. The man held up his warrant card, even though the laser reflections from shiny clear plastic made it quite unreadable. Show More Sentences The girls all cheered as Chris held up a black lacy nightie from a deep red box. Wilkinson was held up ten metres from the line and the ball squirted out for Flatley to pick up. People waved pom-poms, held up signs, and mixed Brooklyn catcalls with Bronx cheers. She held up his head with one hand and with the other she used the shower head to wash some of the dirt out of his hair. The dress was held up by thin spaghetti straps and the first layer clung to my body, while the top layer flowed elegantly as I moved. He held up a black cylinder the size of a pen that had a red button on the top, which was covered by a hard plastic safety bubble. Funds that held up well in the bear market ultimately fared better than those that roared during the bull market. All along the march the police were being provocative while my sister and I held up our hands in a peace sign. Play was held up in added time when Roberts and Abbey clattered into each other both going for a clearing header. The breath rasped in her throat as she began the game of cat and mouse, charred robe held up past her knees so she could run. There are a couple of glitches and I thought I caught a ghost image, but the videotaped picture has, for the most part, held up well. He smiled pleasantly and held up a black-gloved hand to show a short, wicked knife with a taped handle and curving blue blade. Trade pundits say that more than 60 films are held up with no takers for immediate release. It has held up well in the heat and we have not had to send guys around syringing. As a result, the Armed Services Committee held up the Navy board's selections for rear admiral and investigated the Navy's promotion system. Broadcast of the series was held up by a strike that took ITV off the air for over two months. The ground held up very well under the circumstances but footing was difficult and the ball was extremely greasy. At the last general election the Labour vote held up best in the party's marginal seats. In the practice room, Kirby had changed into a satin corset with garters that held up ivory stockings. Not long ago, this long daisy chain of interlocking business was held up as a model of efficiency, but others see a much darker side to it all. Show More Sentences Katrina held up a light blue diamond flower, which hung delicately from a dainty chain. The first test of his leadership, when he will be held up to an hour of merciless scrutiny by the electorate, comes next Saturday. They give high quality care and they are held up as an example of good practice. That can only happen through open political debate, where bigoted views are held up to scrutiny. No diplomat anywhere is likely to turn the other cheek if his president is held up to ridicule in a public forum. York will be held up to the rest of the world as an example of hope for the future of the planet. The prosecuting counsel held up two vicious-looking, cut-throat razors for everyone in a packed Kingston Magistrates' court to see. For a long time golfers were held up to ridicule for their attempts at fashion. Students from Swindon College were held up as examples for others to follow at the Further Education Research Association Conference. As they settled in, Mattie held up two fingers to the barmaid, who arrived seconds later with two glasses full of a frothy brew. At Luxor airport seven flights were held up while two others were diverted to Cairo airport. Real medical advances are held up for years or totally blocked by red-tape. He grinned and held up his fingers, which were covered in chocolate cake frosting. If I had been in that airport and my flight was held up because of these idiots, I would have cheered the police on as they arrested the couple. If there is a thunderstorm in Chicago, all the flights in New York are held up. It meant a three-day delay in delivery for some wards as the post was held up over the Bank Holiday weekend. He claimed he was held up at knife point during a raid when some two thousand pounds' worth of video equipment was stolen. He was walking to a nearby post office to deposit his takings when he was held up. Two months ago we were held up by a gunman and the next day people thought we had made it up as a publicity stunt. In late September, three canoes carrying fishing supplies were held up by gunmen who seized all goods and abducted the 23 people on board. Show More Sentences A gang of robbers escaped with several million pounds in cash during a raid at Heathrow Airport in which a security van was held up. He told her that he had been held up and his car stolen, and that he had managed to run away with his underwear only. While they were heading home, they were held up for a second time by another gang of gunmen. The aisles and nave of the church are connected by arches which are held up by 18 imposing stone pillars made from well chiselled limestone. The run-in to the winning post is uphill, making it difficult for horses who like to be held up and come late. He held up a dark lime polo shirt with four blue buttons halfway down the front. It shows a woman with a tall, intelligent face, straggly wiry hair and very long fingers held up and covering one eye. The grey shirt with orange arms was held up in evidence in the witness box and displayed to the seven women and five men of the jury. We've been held up for some time thanks to an injury to Josemi, but he seems to be on his feet again now. Tender veal held up to its thick blankets of crispy prosciutto, spinach, woodsy mushrooms and mozzarella in tantalizingly sweet Marsala sauce. His poems build cubically, back and front and side-angle at once, with glimpses and partials, memories and immediacies held up in time. They all held up AK 47 at them, ordering them to freeze, and the helicopter also warned them of a sniper. Jennifer held up a brightly coloured pillow case, which had patterns of swirls in fluorescent colours. We were on the main freeway across town, held up in a sea of students and buses and cars driving home from school. His uniform coat was tan, loose brown suspenders held up ill-fitting trousers, and he, too, was devoid of shoes. She held up a skirt, a loose blouse, and a vest-like object, as well as a pair of lace-up boots. However, what's lacking here is the very same thing that made his early films so effective, the mirror held up to the audience. Feeling he should express gratitude for the woman's kindness, he held up the crock of salt pork and onions, but the words just wouldn't come. Each idyll is a society in the distant future or the remote past that can be held up as a noble alternative to American society. Gorgeous, smart, sexy, mysterious she is held up as the ultimate yummy mummy. Show More Sentences It was perhaps merciful release for Wright-Phillips when his number was held up by the fourth official. He was standing in the doorway, wearing a frown and a soiled T-shirt, his large belly protruding over his pants, held up by a pair of suspenders. When the fourth official held up a board showing five minutes of time added on, the home fans started to whistle. I think direct democracy or anarchy may in fact be more subject to abuse than the representative type of democracies held up as the ideal now. It was all really quite endearing, and held up by the fact its leads could act and the script wasn't rubbish. In this day and age it is hard to believe that people can be held up to hatred, ridicule and contempt by a light-hearted gossip paragraph. After 18 minutes they were held up on the line and moments later only a forward pass stopped them pulling ahead. Lucia's indifference melted into a cautious glower, but Sondra only smiled and held up her hands in forfeit. He was held up five metres from the line and might have scored had he not changed direction at the last moment. It eventually worked and I carefully signed my clearest signature for years before having it held up to the light again. He held up a bottle of beer, pointed at it, pointed at Hank, and crooked his finger invitingly. There were skirmishes with Indians, and masked brigands, the so-called road agents, held up stagecoaches and sometimes murdered the occupants. Her hair was a deep chocolate brown, held up in high pigtails with small, curving bangs. This type was held up to ridicule and made a coward as well as a rodomont, as in the circumstances was only natural. Anne-Marie held up her drawing of a red house with a charcoal chimney surrounded by green lawn. Not long before, the fallen woman had been held up as the villain of the age, not its victim. One of the buses on Wednesday night, owing to engine trouble, got held up at Mountfalcon. The Chief Justice held up the Family Court as a success story in doing things differently. Instead, he pulls ten men back and hoofs the ball long, to be chased or held up by a willing workhorse. I thought she held up pretty well, but as for me, my skills are badly deteriorating. Show More Sentences Looser fitting dresses fell from square dungaree-style tops, held up with shoulder straps which roped through little loops along the neckline. Heloise held up her key ring, showing Hank the house key that was threaded on a separate loop. The United States is almost invariably held up as a shining counterpoise to this profligacy. Her detractors gleefully held up her lack of articulateness in comparison to the flowing narrative of her prose. A man held up the Ulster Bank on Charlotte Street at around 1.40 pm on New Year's Day before running off with a sum of cash. Everyone at the table held up their drinks, mostly cans of pop or bottles of water, for this little toast, then everyone took a quick drink. The bones in her elbows poked out on either side of her arms and her hip bones barely held up her short skirt. The lutenist put down his instrument and rummaged through a side pocket of the case, and held up a pair of university concert tickets. He reached into the box and held up a braided metal necklace with a tag attached to it. As she approached I held up four fingers and raised my eyebrows questioningly. It's a testimony to them that the show has held up and held on as well as it has, even with all the recycled and silly plot machinations. Her two-hour sunrise yoga sessions and macrobiotic diet have been held up as instances of fussy obsessiveness. After a few tense minutes of waiting, Sergeant Williams held up the ok sign for the sub lieutenant. When the share price of nearly every other airline has gone through the floor, Ryanair's has held up. Francine went to backhand him across the face, but Keiran held up his book and she wacked her hand across the hardcover. He was wearing a lavender polo shirt with a popped collar and black pants barely held up by a belt. Her dress was held up by a spaghetti strap tank-top and it was a scintillant shade of baby blue, falling a little above her knees. They are surrounded by several lean-tos held up by tent poles, and everything is draped in camouflage netting. He held up a game he was scheduled to pitch because he was playing marbles with children outside the park. The young man held up a wide document envelope with red-blue international airmail striping. Show More Sentences Her bright red hair was held up in a polka-dot hair-tie, like a bulbous Lucille Ball. Until then the scheme is held up until the scrutineers are satisified about the proposals. Sweden is often held up as being a model of a democratic European country with a moral conscience. She held up a small, round, silver box that looked a lot like a pitch-pipe. He held up his hand in order to silence any dim-witted replies as the sliding barn door swayed and heaved before finally giving way. He held up a piece of white cardboard, about the size of a sheet of note paper. The Chargers have held up fairly well against the pass, ranked ninth in the league. Hair thinning, waists thickening, faces falling, they are held up to us as figures of fun. All it's done is remind me that when self-sacrifice is held up as a moral ideal, whatever you give will never be enough. She held up a very pretty medium-sized ornamental fan with a wood handle and wood blades. Most horses also wore bearing reins that held up their necks and head into an unnatural and painful arch. Many of these companies' share prices have held up well in the bear market of the last three years. Once again last week, mothers were being held up as selfish and pig-headed for insisting on taking their children to school by car. The sunlight shining off of the organ pipes became nearly blinding, and I held up a hand to block the glare. A woman who gave birth prematurely after she was held up at gunpoint by a prison escapee has successfully sued the government for negligence. Sweden's remarkable literary jury has for the second consecutive year held up a mirror to the values and politics of our times while honoring the eternality of great art. Amanda came home to largely welcoming American arms, her case held up as an example of hostility to Americans abroad. The association was statistically significant and held up even when adjusted for age and other characteristics. In a World Cup warm-up game, the players held up a banner saying the islands were argentinean. Ameca Reali and Adrienne Wheeler held up letters from Louisiana prisoners scribbled on brown paper towels. Show More Sentences Gordon Kearney was narrowly wide with a penalty and then Jon Slattery was held up on the last of many drives for the line before the half time whistle. She held up a lacy white wedding dress, covered in beautiful seed pearls. As we were heading down on the platform, we noticed the third monorail track above the platform was held up by column-like supports with ivy wrapped around it. Many held up camcorders or cellphones with cameras to capture the scene. She held up a beautiful gown made of lace and satin, in white and gray. For over three years Ireland has been held up as a shining example of a rich country that was prepared to contribute more than the rhetoric to the debate on poverty. The thing about broad generalizations made about a group of people is that if they are held up to scrutiny they are, more often than not, proved false at their very core. One flight was cancelled at Leeds Bradford Airport with delays ranging from 10 to 45 minutes, while 100 flights were held up by up to more than an hour at Manchester Airport. Bred by Devonia Stud, Royal Dragon was held up early in the one-mile turf contest but was able to range up into contention more than one furlong from the wire. The piece of metal was held up to the place in the structure where the window had been covered over. The sandal is pictured in cartoon-form against the New York skyline on a wheeled plank, held up by wires emerging from the ground. She tells us tales of ambulances collecting women in labour to take them to the hospital delivery suites, only to be held up at a checkpoint where the women give birth. He held up a hand to stop her ramblings, and Jane was instantly relieved. The general lassitude towards tourists followed us into southern Chile where we were constantly held up by crooked tour agents and transport that was always late. He held up a pair of black baggy jeans with bright pink zips on them. Chloe held up her hand to admire the diamond ring on her finger. He held up his left hand, palm towards him, and wiggled his ring finger. Remarkably, Black Horse had unusual help when the game was held up for ten minutes by a loose horse invading the pitch, avoiding several attempts to be recaptured. In this celebrated piece, the greatest success of modem times, the Lorettes were held up to public execration, and displayed in all their hideous cynicism. Around 60 election staff were there to work through the ballots but they were held up at one point when a box of last-minute postal votes went astray. Show More Sentences With a slight laugh, she held up her mocha and tapped the cup against his. He held up his left hand, which held a gold band on his left finger. Revelers were all smiles as they proudly waved rainbow colored flags, held up signs supporting marriage equality and hugged their loved ones tightly! Music and dance held fast to religion and tradition because both were intensely theorised and held up by a remarkably well-preserved and staunch public. But a two-man overlap on the right went begging and 13 minutes later Plymouth were level, No8 Dan Ward-Smith barging in seconds after being held up over the line. How has the UK moved from being a nation that held up thrift as a virtue and considered debt a vice, to owing a trillion pounds on mortgages, credit cards and other loans? Although European markets held up, Asian markets took a beating. One of the beds is even held up by a stack of wooden blocks! Seventy-nine-year-old Marie totters in, held up by two of the crew. She held up her hands, a ghost of a smile touching her lips. Female comedians like Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, and tig Notaro were held up by the media on How to Tell a Rape Joke. Gone are the cheerful sham marriages held up as totems for the rest of us to emulate. Widespread grumbling filled the Celtic Park bowl yesterday when the fourth official held up a board revealing four minutes of time to be added on. There are plenty of critics with woeful tales of upturned or lost caravans, and how they were held up for hours by tiny cars hauling huge caravans. Leno held up a video of the would-be Weiner dancing in his underpants for the audience to see. The shocking weather of the last two weeks has held up the cutting of turf as the banks are saturated and machines are not able to travel without damaging spreading grounds. The Prince halted and held up his arm in a signal for the others to stop. Hurriedly, he held up two bolts of fabric, one green, one blue. The couch was held up by cast bronze human figures riding unicycles. I've sat in countless staff meetings where doctors who see fifty patients a day are held up as examples to the rest of us sluggards who see twenty-five to thirty. Show More Sentences Paige held up her hands defensively and walked over to Lee's vanity table. Once known as the most polluted place on earth, the city of Linfen is being held up as bastion of green progress. An older sister, Sophie, had died aged six months but throughout Aldiss's childhood she was held up as a paragon of childlike virtue, a moralistic ghost hovering over him. The notions of statehood, community and national allegiances are all held up for examination, and he is especially scathing about the development of the British Empire. And it was Rey and Maupin who held up the guards, while Dekhar stood lookout. At the end of the game some fans standing in a row behind one of the goals held up the letters of Ronaldo's name in big white capitals, just like the Hollywood sign. One was of a stoker billeted in Collingwood Block who awoke one night to see his blanket held up at the end of his bed with no visible means of support! They were held up by clips that attached to the sides and to the shorts. Stopping by the grocers for a carton of yogurt, I chanced to be behind a small red-haired woman who held up her young son for the clerk's inspection. Instead it stands over against this process like a mirror held up to it. He charged forward and prepared to attack when the man held up his hands. Sure there are some rare survivors of the era, but how have they held up? We got held up by a herd of elephants in no hurry to cross the road. Police threatened to break the arms and fingers of any protester who held up a peace sign and none were given any food until 10 a.m. the next day. He reached into his pea jacket and held up a small digital camera. The player in question held up his hand in apology but Bradley lost his temper and accused them of breaking the rules by failing to shout a warning. Suddenly, I find myself holding up one of the tiny outfits with the same cooing glee as my wife had just held up the pinafores and gingham sun dresses. I hear him whisper something in his hood, and then with a rush of air, two massive, leathery wings appear from inside his robes, dark green pinions held up by black bones. Chris held up a flashlight so he could see where the hatch was. Officers acting on a tip-off swooped on a gang of robbers, believed to be armed with knives and coshes, just after they had held up a security van. Show More Sentences Some will be held up, magnified and singled out for attention later while others will line binders, file drawers, photoboxes, portfolios and remain hidden away. It seemed then, as it does now, that as soon as a company is held up as the poster child for how to create a successful business, it falls on hard times. With our invariably simplistic tendency to summarize any given issue into Good vs. Bad, the courts are held up as the primary counterpoint to the criminal element of society. Chris looked to interrupt, but Sam held up a hand, forestalling him. Less forgivably, some United fans held up play by invading the pitch. It helped to hide the suspenders, or galluses, which held up the trousers. The stockings were held up with dark green garters at my knee. She wore cream colored stockings held up with garters from her corset. He held up my copy again and brandished it like a process server. They are held up against the inward pull of gravity by the pressure of the electrons associated with the atoms of which they are made, acting like a kind of electron gas. Most households, it seems, react sluggishly to the market's shifting performance, which may help explain why consumption has held up despite the pullback in stock prices. The eggshell thinness of the excised porcelain and the transparency of the glaze impart a striking translucency when the vase is held up to the light. He held up a club, the weapon of choice of the Sarmatia activists. Glasgow were on top until the match was held up for 40 minutes while the track was regraded. During this period, protests erupted in Alexandria over his new tax policies and grain shipments were held up. Cook's concentration may have been broken by a call of nature a few minutes earlier, when he held up play to visit the bathroom. I held up what had to be the most wholesome pair of granny panties I'd ever seen. They were like great-granny panties. They were even white. The victim held up his hand to repel the attacker and received a defensive knife wound. In 1794 the Liverpool mail coach was held up just outside the town, and its driver press-ganged into service. Bonilla held up Folie Danse, with only eventual second Playact behind her, as the German-trained Ustimona took them along. Show More Sentences As in the case with many mosques, the prayer hall was constructed in the hypostyle form, where the roof is held up by a multitude of columns. The female rests at the surface with its head held up, and the young suckle upside down. Two other fast-food restau rants in Eugene have been held up at gunpoint in the past month, a Subway outlet and a Big Town Hero sandwich shop. D'Argenson reckoned that its consumption held up so well in times of high prices because the poor thought that it had nutritive value. He was arrested in October after he had been involved in the robbery where a West Island depanneur had been held up with a knife by an assailant. Andreas Wohler's charge, sent off at odds of 13-2, was held up early on by Johnny Murtagh as Ektihaam and Universal set a strong early pace. Holly Willoughby is held up as the perfect nodder during interviews and she's as opposite to Susanna as you can get. The remaining Germans offered determined resistance and the 16th Welsh were held up by machine gun fire and the use of a flamethrower. Gently reckons he led a gang of robbers who held up a local bank with sten guns. This scratch formation held up the British advance until 30 April and covered the evacuation of the Rangoon area. Dylan Skee looked to have been held up over the line but somehow managed to offload the ball to the onrushing full-back. The current trophy is made from silver and gilt, and features a golden globe held up by three silver columns. She was fantastic against Yorkshire Jets on Monday and held up the shooting circle in terms of accuracy. In the picture Jon Marshall, starring as Captain Marshmellow, held up local trainee space cadets Craig Eastwood and James Robson. Babyshambles were four hours late for their set at Weston Park after being held up by traffic. Other races were infantilised or barbarised, or held up as object lessons in the perils of racial degeneration. To me, with the horrendous travel of the NBA, it just astounds me that he's held up as well as he has, especially with his health. Richard Hannon's four-year-old was held up in the rear of the field before producing an excellent burst to overtake all bar the winner Kaveri. Trucks carrying money from the central bank were held up last week. The latter held up the lamp where it wouldn't get smashed and admonished them in no uncertain terms that he wanted me alive. Show More Sentences What was surprising, though, was the blunt and unstuffy way in which he held up his hands. Over the following years he would be held up to the promises he had made, in particular that of upholding the Charter of the Forest. Her eyes are the stabby kind, worse than long hatpins. Honest, after one glance I felt like I was bein' held up on a fork. Though business has more or less held up so far, a series of drug-related spectaculars sparked an exodus of the city's upper class this summer. Judge Gilligan has been held up as as a shining example of judicial restraint. My best man, Joe, had to be held up by his wife during the ceremony because he was still smashed after our buck's night the evening before. It is sometimes held up as an early, if not the first, example of the modern sensibility. Mencius's mother is often held up as an exemplary female figure in Chinese culture. A sweeping arched roof is held up by a bridgelike cable-stayed suspension system. These tells, located over a special metal circuit, are held up by the tension of the thread coming from the warp. In 1969 two felons held up a pony-keg station in Philadelphia with two seven and one-half-foot medium action spinrods. During copulation, the male stands on his hind legs with his head held up and his front legs resting on the female's sides. I was heeled also, and I held up my gun to scare him off and let me get away. The second sheet had to be thin, so that the ink could be seen through it when the copy was held up to the light, thus reproducing the original exactly. She held up the little metal clampy thing and squeezed the ends together. His absolute chronology has held up well against radiocarbon dating, with the exception that the period's start is closer to 1700 BC than 1800 BC, as Montelius suggested. Richard Hannon's four-year-old was held up in the rear of the field on the Polytrack at Lingfield before an excellent burst took him past all bar winner Kaveri. Numerous barons were subjected to John's malevolentia, even including William Marshal, a famous knight and baron normally held up as a model of utter loyalty. At first, the campaign went badly, as Cromwell's men were short of supplies and held up at fortifications manned by Scottish troops under David Leslie. The Chiefs opted for an attacking line-out rather than a kick at goal in the face of a strong wind, setting up a period of pressure which saw No8 Richard Baxter held up. Show More Sentences Then, she held up the hair as it would look on my head. She positioned it like a pro, holding wefts of human hair so that it looked like it grew from my scalp. Proven stayer Sea Scout was in the leading trio from the outset with the favourite confidently held up in rear before making his move on the final circuit. Traffic coming from the direction of Stockton and Yarm was held up at the scene, with many vehicles performing three-point turns in the busy junction. Attempting to win back the lost audiences who defected to the 21-inch screen, Hollywood held up the carrot of the superscreens of Cinerama and CinemaScope. It should be noted that Saddam's power was held up by fear and diktat. It represents the view that most botanists had held up to that time. The mast weighs 140 tons and is held up by 5 sets of stay levels. She thought for a second he'd come to give her a hug, but instead he held up the crumpled letter from school, which she must have shoved behind the breadbin. Meanwhile, 7th Armoured was being held up by the Ariete Armoured Division which in the course of the day was decimated while giving stout resistance. The Emirates Stadium is being held up as a cureall for Arsenal's problems. The chimney consists of 4 wooden stakes held up by some rope. Alan King's 12-1 chance was held up early on by Ian Popham as Art Mauresque and Next Sensation set a strong pace during their tight battle for the lead. Where multiple squadrons reached a raid the procedure was for the slower Hurricanes to tackle the bombers while the more agile Spitfires held up the fighter escort. For decades in East Germany, Lenin, who led the Russian Bolshevik revolution of 1917, was held up as the model communist, feted everwhere in portraits, banners and statues. He held up his palm and pushed it to the right, signaling for a pitchout. Examples from Classical Literature It was all of eight feet long, and its body was held up from the ground by six crooked, saw-toothed limbs. Then Billy and Segura held up and robbed several monte dealers, when on the way home after their games had closed for the night. Madame Boche held up her arms to heaven, uttering all sorts of exclamations. They felt no need of food or water, but clung together in a dimensionless universe, held up by love. The canopy is held up by prelates, and the chairmen are in knee-breeches and red velvet. She scrabbled among the papers, and held up the elevation of a strange square building to his startled eyes. In the third riffle, seven cards have to be held up, and in the fourth, ten. Midway down they were held up by Mary Jane, who replenished them with raspberry or orange jelly or with blancmange and jam. At these words he held up triumphantly the French assignat, and waved it before the eyes of the court. The question the plucky Durrell was asking himself was whether they had been held up by one man or more. Find more words! 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