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According to the company, by eliminating profile photos and names, “people are free to express themselves without holding back.”

From holding back tears on screen to watching bodies fall from the towers, here are their stories.

Holding back tears, Tom calls it “the best seat in the house.”

Liu, who was uninjured, was holding back tears as she spoke.

And that is precisely what is transpiring today, as Bibi lets it be known that he is holding back the settlement surge.

Consequently, a number of litigants are holding back their suits until there shall be an Audiencia.

With fixed bayonets the troops partially succeeded in holding back the swelling crowd.

Fergan and his assistants withdrew to the mob which the file of soldiers was holding back from the pyre.

But even before 1906 there were endless intimations that the dams holding back great reservoirs of discussion were crumbling.

Then he lay motionless, holding back his breath, and listening to the beating of his heart and to the footsteps on the stairs.

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On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to holding back, such as: accommodating, arresting, cherishing, commemorating, confining, and embracing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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