Sentence examples for holding against from inspiring English sources

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"One of the grudges my husband is holding against me is that I brought him here," she said.

As they returned to the ranch, the handkerchief that Ibarrola was holding against the wound gradually turned red.

On the play before that, running back DeMarco Murray was flagged for holding against Trevathan's interior blitz.

Bill Galston, a former policy adviser to President Bill Clinton, remains hopeful that Mueller's authority is holding against the onslaught of conspiracy theories and bilious punditry.

There is a piece of fish in her hand, and during the service she feeds little bits of it to her dog, whom she is holding against her moist underarm.

Andrew Strauss has shown himself to be the model of the Decent Sort, not holding against the Australians that they had earlier accused him of time-wasting at the wicket.

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List of crimes held against Whittemore gang.

I am held against my will.

The Court held against the Government.

Grudges are still held against the BBC.

"It could be held against us".

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