Sentence examples similar to something is held up from inspiring English sources

If somebody or something was holding up a "Yankee Go Home" sign in some distant crater, or in fact just waving, we would all see it at the same time.

But then, one terrible day, David, Sandrine and Léna agree to meet up in the park; David is held up by something and shows up late, to be greeted by a scene of devastation.

"The EU for the first time has agreed proper tax exchange and information, something that was held up by Austria and Luxembourg for year after year.

But from its earliest days, the American ideal promised something more, and was held up as a global example.

Davenport's loss may look quite a bit better in 10 days if Sharapova is holding up something shiny.

None the less, everyone was desperate to find something tangible that could be held up to represent this sea-change brought about by information technology.

At a time where partisan hackery and information warfare reign supreme, the report was a hope for something spin-proof to be held up as evidence that, at the very least, somebody could get to the truth.

But the plan she has devised — and make no mistake, she is the driving force within the administration pushing to do something for homeowners — has been held up in endless wrangling with the Treasury and the White House.

There is the unimaginable horror of it for her family; there is the rawness; there is the aspect that I mentioned of each individual case being its own mass of complexities and something that mustn't be held up as an example.

What is holding up progress?

During my upbringing, being wild and restless was held up as something admirable.