Sentence examples for had been holding from inspiring English sources

He had been holding his hand.

My dad had been holding it in for so long.

Turkey had been holding stop-start negotiations with the I.M.F.

He said the euro had been holding up well.

Until then, the Senator had been holding hearings on tobacco.

The boy had been holding a toy gun.

Till then, Morsi had been holding on tight.

Race organizers had been holding the money pending test results.

Once, his father came up behind him to snatch a filthy undershirt Philip had been holding.

Though badly outnumbered, Gen. George Armstrong Custer's men had been holding off their attackers.

My mother had been holding my pink ribbon, and she handed it back to me.