Sentence examples for hold them fast from inspiring English sources

Russia has brought Ukraine to its knees through the strategic use of gas contracts before, and used Ukraine's vast gas bill to hold them fast until February of 2014.

Boulders went up against the railing, pressed it into their legs, and held them fast.

Heaven only knew what held them fast to their precarious ledges, but heaven help anyone in the path of a falling half-ton urn.

"It was for him that I wrote and dreamed… his hands had chiselled a manual of heaven and I held them fast".

Love is a bond of obligation which these miserable creatures break whenever it suits them to do so; but fear holds them fast by a dread of punishment that never passes" (Machiavelli 1965, 62; translation altered).

In an environment of ceaseless flux, it is important to identify stable markers and to hold fast to them.

The glue makes use of specialized proteins found in the mussels' feet that allow them to hold fast to surfaces despite the ocean currents, The Scientist reports.

Although Bridges agreed with Godley, the commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Sir Ian Hamilton, ordered them to hold fast.

It's important to them to hold fast to this belief -- they fear if they don't, their whole ideological frame could come crashing down and they'd be forced to embrace the worldview they most detest.

Hold that fast with both hands!

In many cases, courts have stepped in to ensure that shifting political winds don't sweep women away with them, holding fast to the principle that fundamental rights are not subject to a vote or determined by whichever party happens to be in office.