hold fast
Example Sentences
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Pray “that the church will hold fast to the faith amid persecution, love one another and strive to maintain unity,” the church’s statement read.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
For all the turbulence and doomsaying that has rattled Hollywood in recent years, Telluride has managed to hold fast to its identity.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
Even if her colleagues won’t hold fast to it in future cases, it tells lower courts that they cannot abandon this principle.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2025
I see an America where we hold fast to the fearless belief that built our nation.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2024
“You did right to hold fast to each other,” I said: as if the monster-splinters were living things, and could hear me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
