Holding-back Sentence Examples

There's no holding back at jokes that poke fun at things like old age, menopause, memory loss and daily life.

If a drummer is missing a lot of hits and is holding back the other team, someone with some overdrive energy can help bring that drummer back.

There have even been rumors that Nintendo is holding back production to create a false sense of demand.

In some cases a child may resist all toilet training efforts from the parents, some going so far as to resist sitting on the potty or even holding back bowel movements.

That's probably more to do with the fact that their team of hairstylists can do what no woman can easily accomplish on her own, but props to Abdul for not holding back when it comes to wearing her hair up.

If you've been holding back on trying out free verse, give it a try!

If you think that your child is intentionally holding back on allowing a bowel movement to pass then you need to figure out the reasoning behind these actions.

You are responsible for holding back a portion of each employee's earnings and remitting it on that person's behalf.

Smart guy, this Jackson; you are holding back.

Dissent can be deliberately obstructive, aimed at holding back the process of decision-making.

The main reason why the authorities are holding back on preventive vaccination lies in trade guarantees.

It also only went into limited, rather than wide, distribution at first, with the moneybags holding back to see how it fared.

Why were you holding back?

In spite of her words, I sensed she was holding back.

I don't want to place anyone in harm's way by holding back information but Julie is part of this nightmare and I want to keep peace if possible.

Better that she convey the information to Howie in her own words, and not compel me to admit what we'd been holding back information from him.

I don't think he feels I'm culpable of a crime but he knows I'm holding back on him.

After all, every occasion in the past when he'd gotten in deep do-do with the sheriff, it was for holding back information.

What else are you holding back?

So why was he holding back?

But in spite of the old man's litany of failures, Dean suspected he was holding back some­thing important.

While he had no business clogging up her life with a potpourri of unsubstantiated garbage, it was equally unfair to have a relation­ship while holding back the truth from someone you cared for.

As the contest against the proprietor had been nearly won, the majority of the best citizens desired the continuance of the old government and it was not until the Maryland delegates in the Continental Congress were found almost alone in holding back that their instructions not to vote for independence were rescinded.

On Egypt Rome depended for its supplies of corn; entrenched there, a revolting general would be difficult to attack, and by simply holding back the grain ships could threaten.

Into this fight Guy's reserve, charged with holding back the Saracens in Acre, was also drawn, and, thus freed, 5000 men sallied out from the town to the northward; uniting with the Saracen right wing, they fell upon the Templars, who suffered severely in their retreat.

In these circumstances no final settlement with Peru and Bolivia was possible, the authorities of those republics holding back to see the issue of the Chile-Argentine dispute, and Chile being in no position at the time to insist on any terms being arranged.

She, in turn, would inform Quinn, both of whom would know I was holding back important information, a severe blow to our credibility compact.

Fred, rejuvenated, popped up to check his e-mails as soon as he felt he'd drained the well of intelligence the Deans had been holding back during his jury and jail departures.

A perfect day doesn't make you feel less like a bastard for not being honest, for holding back important things from someone you care about, especially if that someone is the person making the day perfect.

Maybe tonight you're aware that you're holding back some area of your life from God, deliberately disobeying him.

These include fiche holding back copies of Lancashire magazine, and those which are one name studies for example.

This time there would be no holding back.