Sentence examples for held up before from inspiring English sources

Likewise, Patton's 3rd Army was held up before Metz.

Beck is being held up before the country as a man of monumental greed & cupidity.

The men were spiritual leaders, held up before the children around them as wise and righteous and right.

The solution lies in the hills and fields around rivers, where water can be held up before causing problems downstream.

Then he and Mr. Wilson walked to the cross with two large swords, which they held up before it to make an arch.

The Kiwis' brick wall defence held up before debutant Will Chambers' outstretched hand cracked it in the 59th minute to make it 26-12.

Lewis Gregory and Peter Trego each took two wickets as Surrey stumbled to 97-4, beforainain held up Somerset's victory bid on the third day at Taunton.

Experts on North Korea say that Mr. Kim, a reclusive yet shrewd survivalist, might try to obtain Chinese investment or aid, which could weaken the impact of United Nations sanctions, while continuing to hold on to his nuclear program, which is his last bargaining chip and a source of national pride he can hold up before his people, who are said to be facing growing food shortages.

For example, one murti of Shiva is the "destruction of the elephant," in which Shiva appears dancing before and below a bloody elephant skin that he holds up before the image of his consort; the stance is the summary of his triumph over the elephant demon.

He also tried to defend himself against a few of the charges laid out in The British Medical Journal — offering defenses that did not hold up before the journal's panel of editors but were perhaps enough to assure an audience of his fans that he did, in fact, have defenses.

The marshmallow melts from the heat; the jelly bean holds up briefly before disintegrating; and the rock — well, the rock is a rock.