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Example sentences for: holding

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

The cover story describes the chaos of Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic holding the rights to an oil lode in the Caspian Sea.
The leadership of the intelligence community should be able to pool information gathered overseas with information gathered in the United States, holding the work-wherever it is done-to a common standard of quality in how it is collected, processed (e.g.
There's the director of a photo agency saying, "Holding the photographers responsible when the cause was clearly excessive speed is absurd."
4 above), information on the effects of the extension in holding time on the toxicity of samples must be obtained by comparing the results of multi-concentration chronic toxicity tests performed on effluent samples held 36 h with toxicity test results using the same samples after they were held for the requested, longer period.
The story was accompanied by a front-page picture of the daughter sucking her thumb and staring blankly at television while holding one of her kids.