Sentence examples for literally hold from inspiring English sources

Get ready to literally hold everything.

Today, these devices literally hold the world together.

"He would buy good companies and literally hold them for 15 or 20 years," Mr. Puglia said.

Hundreds attended Achebe's funeral among the rolling hills of his eastern Nigeria home, a service that saw President Goodluck Jonathan literally hold up the writer's books.

By gluing themselves to each other's shells, they create reefs — much like coral reefs — that literally hold the coastal ecosystem together.

We also tend to watch horror movies in groups or in public, so we can figuratively if not literally hold onto others, which reassures us that what we are seeing isn't real.

"I'm literally holding back.

Indeed, Goddet literally held the key.

Mary is literally held captive in Fotheringay.

She was literally holding her breath.

Mr. Gavin was "literally" holding his breath, he recalled.