- present participle of withhold.
withholding
Example Sentences
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"They then wrote to me, and said that if I refused to send it back, they'd issue court proceedings because I was withholding information that was rightfully theirs."
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Most writers of detective stories trick us by withholding or muddling the one clue that explains everything; Chesterton is so fun that you won’t even care.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Shiver filed a lawsuit against the university last week accusing it of withholding public records related to her relationship with the former coach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Gaines, who is also a stand-up comedian, called Grigoryan’s response to his post “so bizarre,” “kind of slanderous” and “like a real-life ‘Seinfeld’ episode,” likening the Glendale chef to the show’s famously withholding Soup Nazi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
To start with, my parents were complicated: strict, generous, punishing, expansive, withholding.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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