Sentence examples for ways of holding from inspiring English sources

Mother, it would appear, has ways of holding her offspring at arm's length.

It's one of Marra's ways of holding the value of human wishes against their vanity.

British havens were set up as cheap ways of holding colonies without having to subsidise them.

But he made a point of saying "other ways" of holding elections might be considered as well.

And in his budget, also on January 10th, California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, proposed ways of holding down that state's fast-rising pension obligations to its employees.

We are looking at how a sense of ownership and responsibility can be generated towards our public institutions and find ways of holding them accountable.

The fiestas are his way of holding on".

He had a decorous way of holding his spoon.

He had a way of holding a cigarette that was adopted by millions of Indians.

Keeping people guessing, or grumbling, is just another way of holding them at bay.

Is this Terry's way of holding on to his son, or his wife?