Sentence examples for were effectively held from inspiring English sources
"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.
Several student-athletes who wished to transfer to another academic institution were effectively held hostage by their college coaches.
In return, Chiang wanted the Russians to return his son, Chiang Ching-kuo, whom they were effectively holding hostage.
Five years ago, a survey of tax collection in the U.S. would have shown a kind of technological stand-off, in which the technological weapons of the IRS, and all of its counterparts at the state, county and city levels were effectively holding at bay those used by H&R Block, accountants and the occasional criminal.
The Andante first movement was effectively held in check, played with surging power and tortured intensity but eerie steadiness.
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.
