Sentence examples for holds back and forth from inspiring English sources

The clock is now ticking on the nominees, though Republicans with holds -- a hold is merely a threat that an objection will be made to a unanimous consent request to proceed to a vote on the nomination -- may be able to wiggle out of going public by dropping their holds and picking them right back up, or teaming up with other Republicans and swapping the holds back and forth.

Over the past six months, Kerry has held back-and-forth talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in hopes of reaching a framework for a peace agreement.

He held back and leaped forth in alarming but spectacular succession.

But to get around the ban two or more senators can pass the hold back and forth — it's called "rolling holds" — and their party leader facilitates the game by keeping their names secret.

To remove a stem from the crown, use a back and forth pulling motion and not a side-wise motion (hold the core plant in one hand, and grab the stem in the other, rotate the stem-holding back and forth), work the stem back and forth until the rhizome comes loose or breaks from the crown.

Picking up on the nuances of spoken communication is especially difficult for those with autism: Even if they can speak and read, they often struggle to hold a back-and-forth conversation or understand emotional cues in others' voices.

To play a shake roll, rotate the wrist of your holding hand back and forth at a constant, continuous speed.

One of the last places to hold out in the back-and-forth was Mobile, Alabama.

In the third set, Williams broke Zheng twice and held serve in a back-and-forth game to even the set at 5-5.

James Gist finished with 22 points and 13 rebounds for the Terrapins (12-7, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who lost an 11-point lead midway through the second half but held on in a back-and-forth finish to win in Chapel Hill for the first time in five years.

That too has been ready to go for a while now, but it has been held up by some internal back-and-forth between Apple and Facebook.