Sentence examples for held ground from inspiring English sources

"And in all seven of the states, we've held ground or moved up.

Two years later Taharqa regained a battered Memphis, but in 667 bc Esarhaddon's successor, Ashurbanipal, forced Taharqa to Thebes, where the Cushites held ground.

Outside a high school gym on Tuesday in Exeter, New Hampshire, Richard Pang said he had supported Rubio until the weekend debate, when he thought the senator stumbled – and Bush effectively held ground.

Sadiq Khan's election as London mayor in the early hours of Saturday handed a boost to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at the end of a difficult day in which Labour held ground in England but endured a disastrous defeat in its former heartland of Scotland.

(If you're under 50: A percolator was a coffeepot that held ground coffee in a metal basket perched on a skinny hollow stem. Water boiled up the stem and plopped over the grounds, over and over. A glass knob on the lid let you watch the brew bubble and blacken. When it was dark enough, you poured yourself a mug and sat down with eggs, toast, stewed prunes, the paper and a cigarette).

And what of mystic or religious visions, and of those who testify on similarly shaky though firmly held ground?

Owner of nation's largest privately held freight carrier holding ground amid recession.

Raiola has trouble holding ground in pass protection.

There's also third-year pro Kyle Moore, though he can't hold ground against the run.

Still, few players in the league could hold ground against double teams the way he did.

It didn't help that his left tackle, Donald Penn, struggled to hold ground in pass protection.