(1) He must needs swim that is held up by the chin. 

(2) He held up a palm for silence.

(3) Robbers held up a bank at gunpoint.

(4) The fence was held up by wooden posts.

(5) She held up a clenched fist in defiance.

(6) He held up the prize in triumph.

(7) She held up her hand stiffly.

(8) Sorry I'm late, I didn't count on being held up in the traffic.

(9) She held up her arm and wiped her tears off.

(10) The roof of the temple was held up by a row of thick stone columns.

(11) The government's proposals were held up to ridicule by opposition ministers.

(12) She suddenly held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room.

(13) The trousers are held up by a length of elastic around the waist.

(14) His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen.

(15) The police held up their riot shields against the flying rocks and bricks.

(16) His physical condition has held up well.

(17) I held up one finger to check him.

(18) My application was held up by the postal strike.

(19) The braces held up his trousers.

(20) The bank was held up last night.

(21) This old tree is held up by a post.

(22) His ideas were held up to ridicule.

(23) He held up a hypodermic to check the dosage.

(24) That bank has been held up three times.

(25) He held up his hand with the fingers extended.

(26) Our flight was held up by fog.

(27) She held up her arm to fend him off.

(28) She held up her arms in entreaty.

(29) The roof is held up by massive stone pillars.

(30) She held up the letter against the light.

(1) He held up a palm for silence.

(2) Robbers held up a bank at gunpoint.

(3) The fence was held up by wooden posts.

(4) She held up a clenched fist in defiance.

(5) He held up the prize in triumph.

(6) She held up her hand stiffly.

(7) Sorry I'm late, I didn't count on being held up in the traffic.

(8) She held up her arm and wiped her tears off.

(9) The roof of the temple was held up by a row of thick stone columns.

(10) The government's proposals were held up to ridicule by opposition ministers.

(11) She suddenly held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room.

(12) The trousers are held up by a length of elastic around the waist.

(13) His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen.

(14) The police held up their riot shields against the flying rocks and bricks.

(15) Everyone was doubtful at first, but his statement in detail held up.

(16) Two policemen held up a truck so as to inspect the driver's license.

(31) She held up her hand to silence the children.

(32) The floor is held up by wooden supports.

(33) Her plans were held up to ridicule.

(34) He's held up humiliation by a momentary slip.

(35) He held up on the plan of visiting Europe.

(36) The roof was held up by pillars.

(37) His trousers were held up with a piece of string.

(38) We missed the plane through being held up on the motorway.

(39) My bet is they've got held up in the traffic.

(40) He was held up at gunpoint by a gang of masked youths.

(41) The rain held up and there's no sign to clear up.

(42) He had always been held up as an example to the younger ones.

(43) Traffic was held up for six hours by the motorway blockade.

(44) Two armed men held up a downtown liquor store last night.

(45) The school is held up as a model for others.

(46) The finals of the football was held up by a heavy storm.

(47) My bet is that they've been held up in traffic.

(48) He held up the map so it could be seen more clearly.

(49) Sorry I'm late. I was held up in the traffic.

(50) He held up his hands(), shielding his eyes from the sun.

(51) The latest dispatch was held up for three hours at the border.

(52) He has now been held up to be pursued killing.

(53) The priest held up the head of the sacrificial goat.

(54) Everyone was doubtful at first,( ) but his statement in detail held up.

(55) She held up my offer and insisted on going herself.

(56) Traffic was held up for several hours by the accident.

(57) Sorry I'm late - I was held up at work.

(58) He held up the newspaper to shield his eyes from the sun.

(59) Sweden is often held up as an example of a successful social democracy.

(60) His son was held up as a model of hard work.

(61) The train he took was held up for over 2 hours.

(62) Masked men held up a security van in South London yesterday.

(63) The westward advance of the road repairs is being held up by protesters.

(64) The building of the new road has been held up by bad weather.

(65) Two policemen held up a truck so as to inspect the driver's license.

(66) The actor was involved in a real - life drama when he was held up at gunpoint last night.

(67) The dollar held up well this morning but the pound sagged.

(68) Tom howled the news that some masked men held up a bank.

(69) The weather held up and the match was played on time.

(70) She held up her hat to me, and I winked at her.

(71) This incident will be held up as proof that tougher controls are needed.

(72) His trousers were held up with a piece of elastic.

(73) The film was held up as an example of good cinema.

(74) The outbound flight was smooth but the return flight was held up by six hours.

(75) It has been apparent that in other areas standards have held up well.

(76) That's the primary reason the company's share price has held up so well.

(77) Two young men were reported to have held up a bank last week.

(78) They held up the owner and robbed him of everything.

(79) The teacher held up my composition as example to the class.

(80) Henry turned to her and held up the jack.

(81) Careta held up a hand and crossed his fingers.

(82) An assistant held up two small objects.

(83) I held up a hand to shield my eyes.

(83)

(84) Even membership subscriptions and gate receipts held up.

(85) Goreng held up his right hand.

(86) We were held up by a long funeral procession.

(87) He knelt before Dorn and held up the knife.

(88) Sherlock Holmes held up a small buff envelope.

(89) Somehow his constitution, always incredibly strong,() held up.

(90) Nor was Bayezid alone held up to reproach.

(91) Maxham held up two fingers in an obscene gesture.

(92) Protesters held up work on the new road.

(93) Cross-channel ferries held up by a bomb scare ....

(94) He had held up his head in the most exalted company.

(95) She was held up as a living version of the Olympic torch, burning with the spirit of sportsmanship.

(96) And there he was he was held up and shown to passing motorists.

(97) The agreement must still receive federal regulatory approval, which has been held up by the government shutdown.

(98) Payment had been held up because of a cash shortage.

(99) I've never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I've found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength. Brooke Shields 

(100) Education is always held up as a priority and the new economy must be mentioned.

(101) Sonnenberg strolled in, his chin held up at a self-satisfied angle.

(102) The coachman climbed down slowly and held up both hands.

(103) I joined it at Sanguinaro, where I was held up by a Feldgendarm on a motorcycle.

(104) Its investment methods and specific investment assumptions will be held up to intense public scrutiny.

(105) Read in studio A car salesman is recovering after being held up at gunpoint by a man posing as a customer.

(106) But today they contacted their colleagues in Oxford to say they'd been held up by blizzards.

(107) She held up her axe to ward off a murderously diving spar, and split it in twain.

(108) An old woman with a heavy black shawl and a pipe stuck between her teeth held up a pair of rosary beads.

(109) Above all it held up to ridicule the idea that political decisions should be taken within a moral framework.

(110) She imagined Nettie, held up by her collar, the water backing up to drown her.

(111) A handsome green book, brand new, was held up before her and then put into her hands.

(112) On a May night in 1675, while friends held up a crucifix, his end came.

(113) Yet he is held up as an object of ridicule and loathing throughout the land.

(114) The hen was taken out of the cage,(/held up.html) held up and its throat cut.

(115) This is a very significant advantage as discussions about different weightings are not held up while new calculations are made.

(116) If the man is held up constantly as a heroic figure, excuses are made for him.

(117) Workers held up plastic sheets so that bystanders and news cameras had no view.

(118) Suddenly, he held up a wondrous ring upon his finger, and vanished from sight.

(119) Some people held up three fingers, signifying Earnhardt's car number.

(120) Her face was pale and tragic in the lamplight; her bright eyes shone like amber held up to the light.

(121) But amid all the opulence Mrs Marcos held up a pair of innocuous blue espadrilles as her favourite pair.

(122) Fortunately, the newly constructed grandstands held up under the stress of several hundred fans.

(123) But the much-needed corporate shakeout is held up by feeble bankruptcy rules.

(124) However it was held up by Dole, who is now the Senate majority leader and Republican presidential candidate.

(125) At the edge sat Pemaquid Light, a fat thumb of a tower held up to measure the measureless indigo sky.

(126) As play was held up Bucknor strolled over to the scene of the trouble and appealed for calm.

(127) Hamman had stood back then, and held up the tattoo above his right wrist.

(128) I held up the sweaters, turning from side to side, shaking my head.

(129) None could be held up as creator, sustainer or judge of the world.

(130) Their lawyers held up proceedings with a flood of objections that dragged out the hearing for 17 months.

(131) Read in studio A masked robber armed with a shotgun has held up a newsagent's shop.

(132) It held up tram traffic for several hours, while the police investigated the cause.

(133) She tore the tissue paper off and held up a little polythene envelope, with two silver fist-in-a-bag ear-rings inside.

(134) He stood, and Squirt held up the silver jacket with the satin lapels and Mulcahey put his arms into it.

(135) It held up in the water, throwing the Luton defence off balance and enabling Black to drive home a left-footed volley.

(136) This will divert forests from disputed uplands where foresters are frequently held up or defeated in long battles with environment groups.

(137) The proposal has been held up in committee, but may now move forward if Brown decides to back it.

(138) Tiny pearls formed the straps of a pearl-colored dress or held up a camisole of cream cashmere.

(139) I held up the giant envelope, which induced her to cross the room.

(140) They found, however, that this relationship only held up for workers in small-town settings.

(141) Thus deliveries of quotes started getting held up, slowing the pace of the entire dealing room.

(142) First, it should he held up for critical inspection, pilloried when necessary.

(143) I got held up by an officious receptionist who wouldn't let me in until I'd answered all her questions.

(144) I think the reason I held up is that people were praying for me.

(145) But they were held up by complications in getting visas.

(146) The peace talks are being held up by continued fighting on the border.

(147) In fact,(/held up.html) the profiles that are held up as models for the United States to follow are ineffective and discriminatory.

(148) She held up a strange-shaped fried chicken wing for me to see or eat.

(149) Then he ran his finger round his neck and held up three fingers of his left hand.

(150) These achievements are marked by gilded plaques fixed to wooden replicas of the cast-iron pillars which held up Victorian buildings.

(151) Springfield held up his hand for silence and the low murmur of talk died away completely.

(152) Before the interventions I was discussing the legality of existing measures and whether that had held up the introduction of traffic-calming measures.

(153) Companies making products for the Internet bucked the trend and held up well in the fourth quarter.

(154) He held up his arms to show the unfastened cuffs of his dress shirt sticking out from the sleeves of his jacket.

(155) More than a century later that unfulfilled promise is going to be held up for painful scrutiny.

(156) Even films being co-produced with state-owned companies and the military were held up or banned for unexplained reasons.

(157) As he passed the bar he briefly held up what Lucy assumed must be his warrant card.

(158) The men who held up the store were wearing Halloween masks.

(159) The peace negotiations were being held up by the delaying tactics of France and Great Britain.

(160) He had heavy army trousers held up with a huge leather belt and a thick army shirt.

(161) He forced an acid smile and held up two fingers.

(162) A ferocious-looking man whose tangled hair resembled the roof of his own tent held up to them a rough bowl.

(163) Like Mr Thompson they were held up at gunpoint by two men near their hotel.

(164) Joseph's father was reinforcing the posts that held up the wire netting around the tennis court.

(165) His lower half was engulfed in army-issue shorts held up by one of Francis's old school ties.

(166) If I am not held up too much, I will gladly give way to the hon. Gentleman.

(167) We got held up in traffic and missed the show.

(168) Vote paves way, page 2 News in brief: Ferries held up by gas leak.

(169) She held up her face to the pale sunshine, sniffing ecstatically at the salt air.

(170) Then the subway train was held up for twenty minutes.

(171) Work on the dam began in 1983 but was held up by economic and environmental objections.

(172) Signor Vitelli held up a hand.

(173) An accident held up the freeway.

(173) try its best to gather and make good sentences.

(174) The invasion was held up by unexpectedly stout resistance.

(175) Our frontier guards held up under fierce enemy attack.

(176) His gloved hand held up a computer disk.

(177) And he held up a brown paper bag.

(178) Two masked men held up a mail van.

(179) Elliott Freemantle held up a hand self - righteously.

(180) The bank on this street was held up.

(181) A streaker held up the game for several minutes.

(182) But, " he held up a stubby , admonitory finger, "there are other considerations.

(183) She held up a small silver brooch in the shape of a key, inset with a milky imitation pearl, the kind Woolworth's made, glowing secretly to itself.

(184) However, no, I nodded my head and held up my glaive jostle to him.

(185) The Master held up a hand for silence, and called the most obstreperous of the neophytes who had mocked forward, to where he and the end user sat.

(186) The next thing he held up was a pair of earmuffs.

(187) One handed out anti - Mormon pamphlets; another held up a pair of flip - flops.

(188) Ken held up a hand, ducking for cover as he heard screaming.

(189) Our foreign exchange strategists think that the dollar is likely to be weakest against Asian currencies and the Mexican peso, which have held up fairly well against the decline so far.

(190) It wasn't adopted by monotheistic religions or held up as a central natural truth. Instead, pure Platonic ideals won out, perhaps because they seemed more divine.

(191) Abu Nawas was lined with fish restaurants that overlooked the Tigris; as I passed, men held up chunks of masgouf, their beloved bony fish, and asked me to join.

(192) Dressed in a boys striped shirt and short pants held up by suspenders, she stepped to the front.

(193) The Ferraris, initially led by Felipe Massa quickly hauled him in, and were clearly being held up.

(194) Meanwhile, United Nations plans to start air dropping food to rural villages are being held up.

(195) The dispute has held up agreement on overall realignment plans for the US military presence in Japan.

(196) Traffic was completely held up by the procession [ paraders ].

(197) Shoe store employee Mustafa Shaaban held up a sign calling for more rights.

(198) Oil, for example, has held up well, and we know how difficult and expensive it is to find new sources of supply.

(199) The Kirchhoff theory has held up remarkably well under this kind of scrutiny.

(200) Our words are distortable things -- as in a crooked mirror held up to nature.

(201) The little boy moved his hands forward and held up highly two thick candles, seeming to perform a conjuring trick.

(202) A police officer, standing about 15 yards away, held up a cardboard sign offering a telephone land line as another officer held up the handset.A third officer used a bullhorn.

(203) Then he held up his forepaw as the Mole stepped gingerly down.'Lean on that!'

(203) is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.

(204) He tapped his wrist watch, then held up five fingers.

(205) "Aunt, look, my mum asked me send you. " The little boy moved his hands forward and held up highly two thick candles, seeming to perform a conjuring trick.

(206) The fear of that fate would accost her husband, to the point of rendering him abstinent of the acclivity his potential had held up for him once.

(207) The criminals held up a van carring a factory payroll and took all the money.

(208) The airport is trying to cope with a backlog of flight held up by fog.

(209) Food can also be held up on the seas or at the dockside.

(210) Productivity growth has held up—on a temporary basis—during the current recession, not due to innovation or productive investment but due to aggressive cuts in labor and labor hours by firms.

(211) Crystal temples all over the Earth held up the Firmament.

(212) He walked past the couch to the open window, and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green.

(213) Nello held up the shaving cloth with an air of invitation.

(214) It should be golden or straw-colored, and crystal clear when held up to the light.

(215) Leading Hollywood figures including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola and Juliette Binoche condemned his arrest. Binoche held up Panahi's name in protest at Cannes.

(216) After the rape-murder, one of the squad is kidnapped by an insurgent group; in a video on the group's website, we see the soldier condemned to death, his throat slit, his severed head held up.

(217) As we see, Moses held up his hands as an act of intercessory prayer and dependence upon God, showing all the people the reality of this dependence.

(218) Yet, over our monthlong test, it offered terrific value: The fabric and stitching held up well against the pricier competition.

(219) In April, NATO supplies coming in through Kyrgyzstan's Manas transit center were held up by political unrest and then again by a tax dispute over the base in May.

(220) Though critics have often held up Disney as a symbol of American cultural colonisation, the company tweaks its products for new audiences.

(221) "Peter's nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors continues to be held up by a partisan minority in the Senate," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said.

(222) Held up in between two human fingers, this amazing two-headed African Spurred Tortoise is a rare sight to behold - and even evolutionist Charles Darwin would struggle to explain its unique deformity.

(223) The utility company even held up my bill to recheck the reading.

(224) Beckham said talks about renewing his contract are continuing after they were held up due to the change of chairman and coach at Real Madrid during the close season.

(225) And I was held up on the expressway for an entire hour.

(226) Even though corporate profits have held up well against expectations, top-line sales throughout the economy have been declining, which are ultimately not conducive for sustainable earnings.

(227) Half an hour later when I held up the bottle Crabby was, to my amazement, gone.

(228) The oxlip has the flat, pretty, open flowers of a primrose, but held up high above the plant, much more out there - a subtle creature making a flamboyant display.

(229) The process of judicial selection was held up to ridicule.

(230) He wore a collarless striped shirt, closed at the neck with a golden stud, and pants held up by suspenders.

(231) On some accounts the wheel represents a mirror held up by Yama to a dying person revealing the various possibilities for the next rebirth open to them.

(232) Only last week three unidentified men held up the Clydesdale Bank, at Clydebank, near Glasgow, shot two tellers dead and escaped.

(233) Without held up in the wide sea area, the reflection wave can be a strong interference to the direct wave, which is called multipath fading effects.

(233) is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.

(234) I can't imagine, after all the things I've done to my body and how well it has held up after all the brutalization , asking it to process toxins that it doesn't have to, the vibrant redhead says.

(235) He introduced an entirely new idea which cut the Gordian knot that had held up the Ricci-flow approach – -bearing on the central question of "collapsing" in Riemannian geometry.

(236) Ascending by the long white road that Tess herself had just laboured up, she saw a two-wheeled vehicle, beside which walked a man, who held up his hand to attract her attention.

(237) It should be golden or straw-coloured, and crystal clear when held up to the light.

(238) Only by taking inventory of everything you own can you tell how well or poorly your wealth has held up.

(239) At front left, one man held up a long pole fledged at the tip with chicken feathers to catch any sign of the wind.

(240) Work on the building site has been held up by bad weather.

(241) The train was held up at various stops to give right of way to troop trains.

(242) More recently, Monica Whitty and Laura-Lee Quigly wanted to see if similar principles held up cyberspace. Does cybersex and cyber-romance show the same gender difference?

(243) He thought he was going to be held up for free tickets.

(243) try its best to collect and make good sentences.

(244) Efforts to staunch the spill of crude oil from a tanker off the north coast of Scotland are being held up by gale force winds.

(245) The huppah, in the Jewish tradition, is a canopy, often made from a prayer shawl, whose corners are held up on poles by four people close to the wedding couple.

(246) The notion of "an eye for an eye" is usually cited or held up as typical of the harsh and cruel standards of the vengeful Old Testament God.

(247) Flag-waving, tyre-burning groups enforced the shutting of shops and held up cyclists; other traffic dared not venture out.

(248) On my first day on the job, in a paint factory in Grand Rapids, Mich. , one of the owner's sons greeted me warmly and pointed to some huge overhead vats held up by giant chains and hooks.

(249) But when they cross a busy road using a zebra crossing, traffic is held up.

(250) The head of the Merchants Guild held up two fingers, then quickly departed.

(251) The hazards of higher alkynes held up in acetylene concentration system were presented.

(252) We were so thick like that in everything. " -- he held up two bulbous fingers ---- " always together. "

(253) The good news for the toy business is historically it has held up quite well in tough economic times because parents self-sacrifice but their children arent going to know times are tough.