Sentence examples for had held on from inspiring English sources

In fact, on numerous occasions, the Belgians had held on after British withdrawals.

If the defender had held on to that one ill-advised pass, then Kaepernick could have finished up as the scapegoat in a likely defeat.

With my father alive, I had held on to some sliver of hope that one day we might have a meaningful relationship.

The outpost had held on, but barely.

Shackleford had held on for a half-length victory.

What if Nicholas had held on another year?

They were lucky that the county had held on to most of the old evidence.

If they had held on, they would have succeeded a few seconds later.

"Gladiators," Estadio Deportivo called them; they were exhausted, but they had held on.

The next morning, Claudia noticed bruises on her arm where Avery had held on to her.

The art critic in me wishes Salcedo had held on to her ambiguity.