Sentence examples for held its position from inspiring English sources

It held its position for the remainder of the war under extremely difficult conditions, preventing Israeli reserves from using the pass to reach the front.

As it happened, the iPod held its position as the biggest selling dedicated MP3 player on the market.

An evergreen army held its position in the whipping winds.

Sales of Taylor Swift's new album dropped 72 percent in its second week out, but that first week was so big that the album comfortably held its position at No. 1, selling more than twice as many copies as its nearest competitor.

The southern Italian script of the style called Beneventan, nurtured in the motherhouse of the Benedictine Order at Monte Cassino, was the "national" hand that rose to the status of calligraphy and held its position well into the 13th century, an active literary life of more than 500 years.

Animated graphics showed that the probe held its position in the center of the tunnel until the point, six miles from the end, where it encountered a short left and right jog -- about where it passed deep beneath Route 9 in Fishkill, Dutchess County.

Still supported by the RHA, the brigade held its positions.

The company held its positions only a short time and then attempted to escape.

During the German counter-attack at Lagnicourt in April 1917 his battalion held its positions, repulsing the Germans with heavy casualties.

And the depleted Syrian army largely held its positions, even as Iranian-backed militias poured into the country to provide more manpower. .

In the Battle of Villers-Bocage the 7th Armoured Division vanguard was ordered to retire and the Panzer-Lehr Division held its positions until XXX Corps captured Tilly-sur-Seulles on 19 June.