Sentence examples for neck holding from inspiring English sources

"I tightened the noose around her neck, holding her down with one hand," he says.

He half-expected more to open up — the hand grabbing his neck, holding him down — but it never did.

When your child hunches over, they keep their head high and flex their neck, holding that position for some time.

He half-expected more to open up the hand grabbing his neck, holding him down but it never did.

Archival photos show Linda Brown dressed in a wool coat buttoned to her neck, holding her lunch bag as she walks past the fence of Sumner.

(The complaint quotes her as saying that he "put his hands around my neck, holding my neck as though he were going to choke me").

A chain around his neck held a sign in front of his face.

When Wall protested, the officer wrapped his hands around Wall's neck, held him against the window and squeezed.

A naked prisoner lying on a cement floor, a leash around his neck held casually by an American soldier.

Pegs at the back of the slim bamboo neck hold the strings, which are traditionally made of silk.

The ceremony frequently begins as two birds circle each other with a curious formal step, the legs stiff and the head and neck held high.