Sentence examples for exactly hold from inspiring English sources

But according to various studies, the anecdotal evidence does not exactly hold up.

When I speak to her, Hodge does not exactly hold back.

If all that talent doesn't exactly hold together, it doesn't entirely matter — alone or together, the stars have a tendency to deliver the hits.

As ever with R&B, the unctuous love ballads ruin the party, and Milian's pretty but featureless voice doesn't exactly hold the attention on the filler tracks.

Now Annie reads them stories and plays interesting, educational games, and is careful to choose her words exactly, hold on to silent "g" 's, never say "gonna" or use "real" as an adjective.

Though the famously conservative supreme court justice "[doesn't] even know what Homeland is", the court's longest-serving justice told New York magazine that he loves Seinfeld – which may be surprising, given that the show's ensemble of disaffected Manhattan liberals don't exactly hold traditional family values in reverence.

"So I'm not exactly holding my breath".

Music fans weren't exactly holding their lighters over their heads, screaming for more.

The Steelers are not exactly holding back their enthusiasm about the return of running back Rashard Mendenhall.

"We will do what is necessary": Obama is not exactly holding up a placard and drawing a red line.

Tom Stoppard has said that he's hoping to stay alive until the rest of the collected edition is published; I'm not exactly holding my own breath, but there are clearly delights and discoveries in store.