Sentence examples for was effectively held from inspiring English sources

The Andante first movement was effectively held in check, played with surging power and tortured intensity but eerie steadiness.

She was effectively held prisoner in her room for three days, at which point an emergency C-section revealed a dead fetus.

In this case, Ainsworth says Weld was effectively held responsible for drug use, which unlike possession or manufacturing, the crime Weld pleaded guilty to is not illegal at the federal level, nor in the state of Tennessee.

Of the three appellate court judges, Judge Reena Raggi was the most pointed questioner and was concerned that Argentina was effectively holding out the threat of not paying the exchange bondholders to get a favorable decision in the United States.

That's another reminder that much of the country is effectively held ransom by the outer suburbs and commuter towns of London.

He says mail bins and other storage containers could be equipped with his "biological agent indicator," so that "the mail therein is effectively held in quarantine".

A fleeting appearance from Albert's sister-in-law Savannah Knoop, who assumed the public personae of LeRoy during the whole circus, is effectively held until the end.

Things are a bit different for songwriters, but you can still find yourself in a situation where your music is effectively held hostage.

"Senior citizens and the disabled were especially impacted by the lack of essential services available in Sandy's aftermath, as they were effectively held hostage on the upper floors of their apartment buildings".

While several hundred thousand civilians were effectively held hostage by the Tamil Tigers, the Sri Lankan military repeatedly and indiscriminately shelled the areas where civilians sought safety, including in government-declared No Fire Zones, and directly attacked hospitals.

The samples were effectively held between a pair of cylindrical silver non-blocking electrodes in conjunction with a teflon spacer and suitably placed in a temperature controlled oven.