Sentence examples for holding something up from inspiring English sources
There was some movement about 5 rows in front of me and many of the passengers between me and the child turned to look at a woman who was holding something up and trying to catch the child's attention.
At one point I was hiding with some police officers behind a column, a kind of stand holding something up.
There he was, shirtless again, sitting in sweat-pants and slippers on the bed, on top of the covers, holding something up to the overhead light.
Photograph: Goran Tomasevic He adds: There was one moment when the police and I were hiding behind a column in the mall, sort of a stand holding something up.
Allan held something up, and Mike took it from him.
But I just decided to get on the table and do something stupid like hold something up in the air.
Occasionally, customers will wander in, looking for light bulbs or duct tape or something more offbeat, and someone will yell, "Yo, Bern, you got a socket connector?" and hold something up in the air.
But there was a little chapter in which the men decided to hold something up -- I don't remember if it was a jewelry shop -- in order to do a big job.
We rarely hold something up to our heads unless it's a cellphone or, heaven forfend, a landline phone.
"If it makes you happy to hold something up to your eye, buy the snap-on external viewfinder for $100!" Now you're getting annoyed.
