hold at bay
Example Sentences
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But we may be reminded in these last episodes arriving on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s that there is no going home again when it comes to certain shows, and the unstoppable force none of us can hold at bay forever is the clock.
From Salon
A condition that only now, in his final hours, does Fife no longer seek to hold at bay.
From New York Times
But the fact that she even dared to wonder what moves some people to act upon homicidal urges that others hold at bay, if they have them at all, also makes her work revolutionary and influential in the justice system.
From Salon
Retailers have been breaking out more customer-friendly services in recent years to hold Amazon.com at bay.
From Seattle Times
BRUSSELS—Europe’s taboo-shattering agreement to detain migrants confirms the continent’s rightward political shift as a force that even Germany’s once indomitable Chancellor Angela Merkel couldn’t hold at bay.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
