Sentence examples for held made from inspiring English sources

The gold standard, it is widely held, made the Great Depression of the 1930s even deeper than it might otherwise have been.

Twitter, which is still privately held, made news this past week when some investors pegged it as a $10 billion company.

They just wanted to be held, made as comfortable as possible, and be told that everything would be all right, until it was over.

Ironically, the bank where the donations were being held made a mistake and added a couple of zeros to the $100 donation.

Even if there was no outright fraud or irregularities in the votes (which by all accounts were rampant), the conditions under which the referendum was held made a mockery of free and fair elections.

Matthias Held made the movie of parasitoids feeding on honeydew.

Bank shares in Japan are particularly tightly held, making it hard for outsiders to apply pressure.

Carefully cut out the portion where the wick is held making a circular hole big enough for a light socket.

If you know the name of the restaurant where the interview is being held, make a point of looking up their lunch menu ahead of time.

Greco-Roman wrestling involves holds made only above the waist and forbids wrapping the legs about an opponent when the wrestlers go down.

A comfortable service hold made it 4-1 anDjokovicic thumped his chest with delight on breaking a weary Nadal to love in game six.