Sentence examples for held something back from inspiring English sources
Two soups were pleasant enough, but each held something back.
"Of course, the Pakistanis were trying to help officially, just enough, but they had held something back, too," Mr. Ignatius writes.
When he got back to his hotel, he wrote Ms. Cioffi on Facebook that he had held something back, a Polaroid photo of her, propped up on a pillow in bed, facing the camera, which he attached to his message.
The old man held something back, some knowledge or intimation, which made her life seem shallow by comparison — even if he was cantankerous and shaky on his legs, with his cavernous stale mouth and brown teeth.
A fine dimple of skin, puckering beside his mouth when he gave one of his rare quick smiles, was a fatal last touch: Jane thought he was as handsome as a rock star or a film star — only more so, because they flaunted crudely from their posters, whereas Daniel held something back.
The forehand side again - it looked like she held something back on that shot for sure.
