Sentence examples for hold back for a while from inspiring English sources

If there is a killer pair of skinny jeans that you just can't live without, splurge on that then hold back for a while on the spending.

We held back for a while.

The athletes probably had a subconscious tendency to hold back for later sprints.

Basic details of the shooting, like the number of bullets fired, were held back for more than a week, while tear-gas canisters were lobbed indiscriminately.

The Paris to London service at 8.13am (0713 GMT) was delayed by 20 minutes, while the 9.13am was held back for half an hour.

A portion of the contributions paid is held back for the fund's reserves while the majority is used to pay pensions and benefits in the present year.

We won't know until Friday because the ratings are being held back for three days by Nielsen while 421 stations around the country convert to all digital.

The design thinking process yielded a wall, an ordinary if costly piece of infrastructure that will hold back the waters for a while and allow residents to pretend that the sea most projections believe will flood a substantial portion of Manhattan will remain in its basin.

France's aim for the time being is to hold back the rebels while a joint West African force prepares the drive to win back the north.

Adultery and homosexuality may be controversial themes for mainstream Indian cinema, but the unwillingness to invest in authentic scripts that can elicit plausible performances will continue to hold Bollywood back for a while to come.

Judge Robert Henney did not hold back his contempt while sentencing Xolile Mngeni for the killing of 28-year-old Anni Dewani.