Sentence examples for spikes holding from inspiring English sources
A. A single multiflora hyacinth bulb provides a double show -- a crowd of spikes holding loose, fragrant white, pink or blue flowers above and a tangle of bold white roots below.
A report of the inquiry said that in certain spots along the curved portion of track, the inside rail was about one inch lower than the outside rail and that seven spikes holding the rail in place had been sheared off.
Among these are E. brachyrrhizum, a dwarf eight inches tall with leaves mottled rose-purple in spring and with giant spider-like rose-pink flowers; E. epsteinii, named for Harold Epstein, the late New York plantsman, with glossy green leaves and up to 30 white and wine-purple flowers a stem; and E. chlorandrum, with long arching spikes holding up to 60 yellow flowers in early spring.
It has long narrow serrated leaves and bright yellow inflorescences, or flower spikes, held above the foliage, which appear in spring and summer.
Medium-sized spikes hold up better than spikes that are too thin or too thick.
Flower spikes are held erect and are typically terminal on a branch; often other branchlets grow up and around a spike from below.
We next tested whether these findings at the level of all spikes also held true for the onset of LTS bursts.
Because a thalamic LTS burst may be regarded as a singular event of special functional significance for target neurons in the cortex (Swadlow and Gusev 2001; Sherman 2001b; Sherman and Guillery 2011), we next tested whether these findings at the level of all spikes also held true for the onset of LTS bursts.
Back in 1988, when the last drought caused a price spike, silos held 4.8 billion bushels, or six years' worth.
This year, although some had predicted a similar spike, Android held off Apple at the pass, with Apple at 40.8% for the three-month period in the country; in October alone, however, Apple had 52.8% of sales.
Once the rating news hit, both companies saw a price spike that was holding into the close.
