Sentence examples for held came from inspiring English sources

Perhaps the greatest sign of the esteem in which Mrs. Margolis was held came from the prisoners themselves.

The number of concerts to be held came into question after residents in well-to-do Knightsbridge and Belgravia complained about noise.

If nearly "every opinion he held came from his father," Grove points out a crucial difference between the two Mortimers: "Clifford regarded the law as enjoyable, like the Times crossword.

As results started trickling in, the market took a little while to figure out whether the exit poll may have been too good to be true (the pound dipped slightly as a little good news for Labour, in the form of some safe seats held, came in from 10 50 on).

At this juncture, Giles Enders, the chairman of the South Place Ethical Society, the owners of Conway Hall where the meeting was held, came on stage and declared the meeting cancelled as the group had broken the terms and conditions of the hire.

Attendees at a college recreation conference were greeted by a surprise Friday, when a manager for the convention center where their conference was being held came to their closing session and apologized for the inappropriate behavior of attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference, which was meeting in the same space. .

All uniformity in perceptual experience, he held, comes from "an associating quality of the mind".

President Pervez Musharraf said the elections would be held "come hell or high water".Thousands of people crowded the streets around the Grand Palace in Bangkok to mark the 80th birthday of Thailand's King Bhumibol.

A hedgehog's familiarity with being held comes with being handled frequently.

After he left, Melinda asked, "Will you be my domestic partner for real?" The breath I'd been holding came out in tears.

If the holding came about by modes of action that are not permissible (or are permissible but not title-conferring) the possessor will not be entitled to it.