Sentence examples for held itself from inspiring English sources

4 p.m. 1. HISTORY LESSON Siena has always held itself up as a model city.

Traditionally, it has held itself at arm's length from its mighty neighbour's foreign-policy goals.

Of course, Whole Foods has always held itself up as a paragon of virtue.

The sex industry held itself up as the promised land of feminism.

From that they can deduce more about how the animal held itself and moved.

And the industry was right, because the public has never held itself accountable.

Actually, it probably held itself up a bit longer than most, because of a steeper drop post-January.

Since its inception, Battery Park City has held itself aloof from the rest of Manhattan, an island on an island.

Big industry was the first to finance Hitler; the aristocracy held itself aloof or joined in; the Churches all collapsed.

Inquisitive by nature, one held itself head and shoulders out of the water to study the crowds.

It's holding itself up".