Sentence examples for held higher from inspiring English sources

The back never heals, and McDonagh stomps through the city with one shoulder held higher than the other, his brow furrowed, his lips curled in anguish.

Elsewhere, only Ray Romano, as neurotic music executive Zak, comes out of Vinyl with his head held higher than his polyester lapels.

The former were officers below the rank of captain who wore white shirts, while the latter held higher ranks and wore red shirts.

I happened to catch the cricketer Ben Stokes leaving the field with his bat held higher than Ajax's sword after scoring in excess of 250 runs last week.

Do you think that is in good taste?" Yes, the publisher replied, explaining that it would be "in bad taste if, for example, the severed head was held higher, and blood was shown dripping from it".

As for statesmanship, he has been an MP for longer than his brother or Mr Balls and held higher office than his rivals, performing creditably as foreign secretary for three years.Ed Miliband, meanwhile, seems afflicted by twin delusions.

But he has never held high office.

We'll keep our heads held high.

Singh never again held high office.

Murray left with his head held high.

"He leaves with his head held high".