hold back
Example Sentences
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Huang told the room he believed safety was "paramount", adding that companies should hold back a product and "keep engineering" if it was not safe enough.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
New dams and debris basins turned the vast natural waterways and springs and creeks of old L.A. into a chutes-and-ladders system to divert and hold back water and mud, before the next time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The estimable podcaster Dwarkesh Patel tweeted last week that “any global agreement to hold back a technology with enormous near-term economic and military benefits will be extremely fragile.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"This shouldn't have happened," the boyfriend of one of the killed teachers told reporters, clearly distressed and trying to hold back tears.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Pong was trying hard to keep his voice level, but he couldn't hold back the angry crackle in his words.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
