Sentence examples for held at bay from inspiring English sources

Disorders and manias were being held at bay.

Rugby held at bay his tendency to put on weight.

After that, Celtic's toil was held at bay one way or another.

Fascism had been put down, communism was being held at bay.

Now, however, things are changing, and the missionaries are being held at bay.

Celebrities snaked down Amsterdam Avenue along the thronged red carpet, fans held at bay by barricades.

But there is always a hint of danger, barely held at bay.

BLT plays right along with the fantasy that recession is being held at bay.

Previously, he'd been held at bay by the 'bigness of the structure' its 'opacity of thought'.

For more than seven innings Yost's men had been held at bay.

We become immersed in a moment of mythical time in which all that is human is held at bay.