Sentence examples for managed to hold off from inspiring English sources

The championship leader got off well enough and Rosberg only just managed to hold off Vettel's Ferrari at turn one.

We have managed to hold off the specter of protectionism, which, as history has taught us, inevitably compounds existing difficulties.

But the German commanders had reckoned without the Belgian army, which managed to hold off the Kaiser's advance – winning time for the French to mobilise their forces.

Verlander took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, and the Tigers managed to hold off a late Angels rally to win, 3-2.

The ageing rockers managed to hold off dance outfit Faithless in the race to have the top-selling LP in the UK.

"Yes, the industry managed to hold off privacy legislation this year," said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

If Kasich does manage to hold off Trump, he will still be far, far behind in the delegate count.

She just hopes that Liverpool's brasslands, beneath the cathedral we sit in, manage to hold off the gentrification until it is filmed.

Ice Age was close behind in second place after nabbing $31.1m£22m2m) and managing to hold off the 20th anniversary re-release of E.T.

How could 10 to 15 militants, with military-grade weapons, storm a crowded mall in central Nairobi and start shooting people at will with no organized armed response for several hours, and then manage to hold off the Kenyan Army for days?

But with Rosberg just managing to hold off Perez and the Red Bulls, Ricciardo began to apply pressure to the Mexican, and passed him around the outside into Turn One with four laps to go.