Sentence examples for seemed held back from inspiring English sources

A former South American diplomat who met often with Mr. Maduro in recent years said that more than most foreign ministers, Mr. Maduro seemed held back by his president's micromanagement.

The music lacks profile and seems held back.

By contrast, "Vengo" seems held back by vestiges of an old-fashioned format that Mr. Gatlif has long since outgrown.

In Europe, they don't seem held back by worries that the Irish bailout could spill over or that the governments of Portugal and Spain are overstretched.

They seem to have such a talented team over at Hulu and yet seem held back from the best that they could produce.

But in more regal roles she often seemed covered, held back.

But then the police seemed to have held back the attackers.

But for all the tinny bravado, Farage seems to be held back – and, rather poignantly, only by himself.

But it's an acrimony that doesn't seem to have held back Music Complete, the group's first proper album in a decade.

Nobody, from his wife to his relatives to the London and New York art and literary world, seems to have held back in confiding to Shakespeare.

And, as the heroine of his own story, Vidal rarely seemed to hold back.