Sentence examples for been withholding from inspiring English sources
verb
To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
Mr. Starr had been withholding that permission.
Israel also transferred to the Palestinian Authority $100 million in tax revenue it had been withholding.
Mr. Reilly acknowledged that Fox had been withholding comment on Ms. Lopez until Ms. Carey committed.
Congress, meanwhile, has been withholding more than $450 million in American aid.
But the department has been withholding the results since it released the scores three months ago.
Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, has been withholding supplies from the market.
It isn't working properly yet, and the government has been withholding about 15% of the monthly fee.
The letter suggests he has been withholding payments and that he is in default of his agreement.
The night of the big victory, Summitt gave Marciniak the hug she had been withholding for years.
Finally, it requires the Pentagon to turn over the Red Cross reports on American military prisons it has been withholding.
From their point of view, the city's Department of Education has been withholding, mercurial and unable to commit.
