Sentence examples for holds competing from inspiring English sources

America's fundamental law holds competing elements, some constraining the national government, others energizing it.

Last night, both Gowalla and Foursquare held competing parties.

Several held competing freshman orientations over the weekend, in advance of the official party orientation this week.

In the last few weeks, supporters and opponents of the president have held competing demonstrations.

Outside of the hearing room the Democratic and Republican machines were also in full force, holding competing news conferences.

But there is another, deeper irony, as old as the novel itself, that challenges us to hold competing realities in mind at the same time.

Kirkuk is a hotbed for ethnic tensions, with its Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen holding competing claims to the oil-rich area.

To build anticipation, the three major auction houses hold competing brunches, an important social ritual where gossip and observations are traded.

The long shared tables of the popular restaurant were crowded with hundreds of supporters of both candidates, holding competing signs and debating Mr. Romney vs. Mr. Gingrich.

She appears to have assembled a strong economic team, although some of her advisers hold competing philosophies that still have to be reconciled.

As my colleagues Kareem Fahim and David Kirkpatrick report, violent street battles gripped Egypt on Friday as supporters and opponents of the country's Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, held competing protests that devolved into fierce clashes in several cities.