hold together

phrasal verb

held together; holding together; holds together

1

: to stay joined together or in one piece

The empire held together for many decades.

2

: to cause (something) to stay joined together or in one piece

The coach hopes to hold the team together for at least one more season.

The box was held together by a strong glue.

Examples of hold together in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The film is purposely disjointed, jumping around chronologically, but it is held together by Ms. Jones’s simmering performance. —Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 May 2024

This is a quiet book with definite plot holes, but the story held together well enough to keep me reading. —The Know, The Denver Post, 3 May 2024

The story is held together by the force of attraction that binds Colt and Jody even as circumstances conspire to keep them apart, and Leitch finds witty methods of heightening both the attraction and the distance. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024

At this point in the film, Tashi reconnects with Art and agrees to become his coach, ushering them into a tennis power-couple partnership held together by fame and sponsorship deals. —Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2024

Angry Republicans called for several votes to delay the inevitable final outcome, but none of them passed as Democrats and three Independents held together. —Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 18 Apr. 2024

Weft bundles are multiple pieces of loose hair held together at the top by a strip. —Annie Blay, Allure, 16 Apr. 2024

There are four fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force (which holds together protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei) and the weak force (which plays a role in nuclear decay). —Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024

But the Standard Model would only hold together if particles didn’t have mass. —Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024