Sentence examples for a hold on things from inspiring English sources

"Everything that's happening in Ukraine definitely put a hold on things.

I had been umming and ahhing about moving out and that put a hold on things.

Low point: "When Thatcherism got a hold on things and independent film-makers were starved out of existence".

And like the Atlantic Yards, money put a hold on things for a bit, but the trucks and tools and workmen came back.

Even so, it's best to take things nice and slow at first, because it's tough to know just how the system will respond until you really get a hold on things.

But hold on, things get more complicated.

Anytime, I needed support, my grandmother used to tell me, "you're my special grandson -- just hold on, things will get better".

But in "Loving," as in "Party Going," the method is at one with the message: the difficulty of getting a proper hold on things.

You can't live unless there's a way to hold on to things.

Second, financial measures are inherently narrow and backward-looking, so you need to work extra hard to get a hold on the 'intangible' things that really matter – your people, their ideas, their relationships.

So ultimately, viewers don't get the full picture of what can go on with this condition". But how does an inclination to hold on to things develop into compulsive hoarding disorder?