Sentence examples for were holed from inspiring English sources
noun
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
A "passer-by" had informed the militia where the conscripts they'd been hunting were holed up.
The remaining hostage-takers were holed up in the key working area of the gas facility.
Insurgents with rocket-propelled grenades were holed up in a school northeast of the shrine area.
We were holed up in Grand Bahama, in Freeport, which is a holiday resort.
Meanwhile you were holed up preparing your grand artistic statement: the directorial debut.
Several thousand more surrounded the Hôtel Ivoire, where many Europeans were holed up, shouting "Gbagbo!
A few thousand men were holed up, awaiting what appeared to be an imminent assault.
They were holed up in the Senate chamber for what they call Vote-a-Rama.
Two militants armed with assault rifles and grenades were holed up in a house, they heard.
The police were gathered inside the fire department, but they were holed up in their positions.
Two months ago their Premier League title credentials were holed at Anfield.
