Sentence examples for a general holding from inspiring English sources

"It's not just a general holding out of the cup.

He held the iPad with authority, the way a general holds a map.

This is why there's been such a long delay in my response, and a general hold-up in all further entries for the Christopher Booker Prize.

We queried the Partners Knowledge Management group, which reported that there is a general hold on adding new problems that might impact decision support until after the Partners problem dictionary is fully migrated to SNOMED.

Bingu's loafers went unsullied by uncarpeted ground, and a uniformed general held an open umbrella over his head to shade him from the sun as he walked toward the plane.

Parachuted into the German Alps, they have one day to rescue an American general held in an apparently impregnable mountaintop fortress.

After the rebels released four civilians held hostage, a general they held was rescued, the army said.

Aflac, Inc. is a general business holding company and acts as a management company, overseeing the operations of its subsidiaries by providing management services and making capital available.

One particular point of contention was a weeklong retreat that a subsidiary, AIG General, held for sales agents.

A general consensus held that the season was an encouraging if safe one.

According to a poll published on Sunday in El País newspaper, Podemos would win were a general election held tomorrow.