How to Use withhold in a Sentence

withhold

verb

• She was accused of withholding evidence.
• She has $20 withheld from her paycheck every week.
• Fair would be to withhold from you both or tell you both.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• Whether Biden moves to withhold arms, and with what force, may well hinge on what Israel does in the days ahead.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
• Sir’s handler, whose name was withheld, has been with the Canine Unit for about a year and a half.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
• The names of those victims were withheld at the request of their families.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
• O’Brien built a lightweight pyrex housing that was strong enough to withhold elephant tusks.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
• The boy, whose name was being withheld due to his age, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday, the sheriff’s office said.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
• The company sent the departing worker a check with a certain amount withheld for taxes, and that was that.
  — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
• Again and again, withholding is depicted as a proof of love and connection, a show of quiet strength.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
• One additional artist’s name is still being withheld from the track list as a surprise.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 6 July 2023
• If the rules are broke, at minimum, 50% of all Federal tax dollars will be withheld.
  — Daniel Buck, National Review, 22 Nov. 2023
• The judge is likely to make a decision about what details may be withheld from public view in the next several weeks.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2023
• Authorities withheld the names of the children because of their ages.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2023
• Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel says cops withheld evidence in 1975 probe of Martha Moxley murder.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2024
• This was the case for Midge, who had been adopted by a woman who mistreated her, locking her up or withholding food.
  — Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
• Was that to withhold info from future opponents, or a lack of trust that the necessary blocking would hold up?
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023
• But the city has refused to budge on the latter provision and has continued to withhold a badge from Bigda ever since.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
• As to whether the northward beetle spread is a good or bad thing, park scientists are, to some degree, withholding judgment.
  — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2023
• The department said the suspect’s name is being withheld until next of kin has been notified.
  — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2024
• Some borrowers could see their wages garnished and income-tax refunds withheld to pay for their loan debts.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
• The man, whose name was withheld, was taken into custody around 7 a.m., about eight hours after the standoff at a Moulton Street home began.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
• But his investment firm, Trian Group, withheld its votes for Iger’s reelection to the Disney board.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
• Beatty said withholding phone calls should not be a punitive measure.
  — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
• Cruise allegedly withheld video footage of the incident from regulators and is now facing up to $1.5 million in fines from the state.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2023
• The name of the deputy involved was withheld because the investigation is ongoing.
  — Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
• The coalition has also sued the city and county of Uvalde for similarly withholding an array of records, including the layout of the school, which is set to be torn down.
  — Lexi Churchill, ProPublica, 30 June 2023
• Regulators say the company withheld a key video that showed the pedestrian under the car.
  — David Lynch, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
• Writing letters and, at one point, withholding $90 million in aid to Rwanda, the senators pressed the government to help.
  — Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• Should the three states fail to reach an accord, the Bureau of Reclamation is empowered to withhold the entire allotment.
  — Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024