Sentence examples for holding patterns from inspiring English sources

But holding patterns may be the mode à la mode.

Unlike his previous efforts, it is without lulls or holding patterns in which you wonder what's next.

Some trains remained in holding patterns for hours, at times zigzagging about the region for reasons that remained unclear to riders.

If managed efficiently, it can increase capacity in congested airspace, so instead of being put into wasteful holding patterns, more aircraft would arrive on time.

Studies of the air flow patterns surrounding Hong Kong International Airport have shown that Lagrangian coherent structures cause unexpected jolts to planes during landing attempts, forcing pilots to waste fuel while they revert to holding patterns.

Despite the short-term attractions - perhaps even reducing CO2 emissions by reducing the flights in holding patterns over London - a third runway is very likely to become a stranded asset.

… It was a holding pattern — a feint.

There is no holding pattern in the electric power grid.

Syria is fragmented, trapped in holding pattern for now.

I'm in a holding pattern now because they didn't get all the cancer cells".

"One reason things are so slow is there is sort of a holding pattern," he said.