Sentence examples for commonly held up from inspiring English sources

The Aswan dam and the Aswan high dam, both on the Nile, are commonly held up as exemplars of planning.

Much of this war on YouTube can be traced back to "the MTV mistake", which is commonly held up as the greatest bad deal the music industry ever concluded in the US.

In the 110th minute of France's defeat by Italy, Zidane, the balding Marseille-born genius commonly held up as the greatest soccer player of his generation, committed a terrible faux pas.

Costco is commonly held up as a kind of anti-Walmart, offering considerably higher wages and better benefits than other big-box retailers.

Those of a certain age will remember when Kadota figs were commonly available canned, because their thick, rubbery skins held up to processing.

This decision held up to a sensitivity analysis that considered two commonly recognized risks: root canal failure and irreversible endodontic damage to the CDB's abutments.

Make it "held up".

A They held up well.

He held up four fingers.

He held up his hand.

The transport system held up.