Sentence examples for applied to hold from inspiring English sources

Kessler applied to hold an anniversary rally in Charlottesville, but the city denied his request.

With the rise in foreclosures, record numbers of families have applied to hold on to their homes under Chapter 13 of the federal bankruptcy code.

On Monday, city officials said the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan had applied to hold a rally near the statue on July 8.

A group opposed to the Bush administration's policies has applied to hold a march and a rally in Central Park, but the city has turned down the request without offering a reasonable alternative site.

London applied to hold the Olympic Games, which are scheduled to start next July, saying it would help to revamp and improve the city's poorer neighborhoods in the east.

In late June, after word emerged that the white supremacists who organized last year's deadly "Unite the Right" march in Charlottesville, Va., had applied to hold an anniversary rally this month in Washington, a local political activist, Brendan Orsinger, saw that a Facebook event page had been created for a counterprotest.

That applied to holding rackets at the correct angle and ensuring the actors hit the ball the way King and Riggs did.

Organisers apply to hold a party – they get the album before its release as well as other goodies.

Two Chinese women, in their late 70s, were sentenced to "re-education through labor" for applying to hold a legal protest during the Games.

During the Summer Olympics and Paralympics, the Chinese government had said anyone could apply to hold a protest in one of three designated parks in Beijing.

Alexeyev added: "When we started applying to hold gay pride events, I thought we'd make people listen, but now, I have my doubts".