Example sentences for: holden

How can you use “holden” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He speaks, says the New York Times ' Stephen Holden, in "a hushed, gee-whiz semi-whisper that's meant to convey profundity but ...

  • Yes, Grant's cute, but the movie's a stinker, "little more than a series of stitched together gags" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). Reviewers disagree about whose fault it is.

  • Several critics say this transition is rough but ultimately forgive the film: "If this oddly structured film feels like two short stories stuck together, there is enough solid glue joining them that they resonate off one another deeply" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly dissents, calling the film "an earnest, dogged, squarely rendered wisp of a movie."

  • Among this year's bumper crop of teenage movies, it is the shallowest and most prurient" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). The most positive take comes from the Washington Post 's Michael O'Sullivan, who writes that it's a "warped, hysterical and--believe it or not--sweet little gem of a movie."

  • Critics debate the merits of the star, Gwyneth Paltrow, more than anything else in this "slender romantic comedy" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). The Washington Post 's Rita Kempley calls Paltrow a "fair reminder of the young Audrey Hepburn," but Entertainment Weekly 's Lisa Schwarzbaum says her "image project[s] better in fashion-magazine stills than in motion."


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