Sentence examples for To hold things up from inspiring English sources

And it's going to hold things up for a while".

With no noisy legislatures or robust courts to hold things up, autocracies may be faster and bolder.

The fate of the health minister, however, is still uncertain; no one knows when or if she will be back to hold things up again.

In the Senate, members have a special power to hold things up, and the more frustrated they get, the more they start to use it.

Still, Smith said, "I don't want to hold things up," and he promised that his committee would take up the bill within the next few weeks.

Even so, Smith promised that his committee would take up the bill within the next few weeks, saying, "I don't want to hold things up".

But that would hold things up further.

For delicate items, hold things up and steam through without elbow grease.

That may not hold things up, as the decision might not be in his hands.

"There's no one who can hold things up," Mr. Kovacs said.

An appeal might hold things up for slightly longer - but not by much.