Sentence examples for holding out for a while from inspiring English sources

After holding out for a while, Baye Laye (Souleymane Seye Ndiaye), who has a wife and children to support, accepts the job.

I had been holding out for a while, partly out of stubbornness and partly out of an aversion to awkward interactions with people I barely remember.

The Qaddafi regime may hold out for a while yet, but time is not on its side.

Your luck may hold out for a while, but one cancer or another will get you in the end.

Levi held out for a while, and then chose to confess his Jewishness, "in part out of weariness, in part also out of an irrational point of pride".

Baghdasaryan held out for a while before reluctantly tapping.

The city held out for a while, but as food began growing short, the inhabitants gave thought to surrendering.

Is the answer holding out for an idealised love while your fears of being single for too long are legitimised by the people around you settling down?

While holding out for a new bride, he slept in the tent near his barber chair, returning home every five days to do laundry.

That allowed companies to tap cheap debt and pay their private equity parents a dividend while holding out for a better valuation from the public market.

Moderate Republicans pressed for a quick compromise with President Clinton, while conservatives favored holding out for a deal with the next president.