Sentence examples for holding things up from inspiring English sources

What's holding things up?

All that was holding things up, Bollinger said, was a shortage of manpower.

At the moment it's not clear that it will be, and that of course is holding things up".

The developers Hutchison Whampoa complained that the local council was holding things up by making too many demands.

It is impossible to determine which financial institutions are holding things up, but no one has offered any technical reason why we are not provided with better descriptions.

When we unpacked, my children proved my point: it took us forever, because no one could stop dipping into the pages, holding things up and rediscovering lost friends.

But that would hold things up further.

Palestinian political wrangles over a new cabinet have held things up too.

So maybe money will hold things up for a bit this offseason.

For delicate items, hold things up and steam through without elbow grease.

That may not hold things up, as the decision might not be in his hands.