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
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Made from medium-density fiberboard (MDF) with a melamine coating, a material often used by the Swedish company, Panton’s chair has obliquely angled back and leg panels, held together with screws, that hardly seem strong enough to stand up on their own, much less accommodate a human body.
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Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Jacobsen took photos of wood rot, a broken joist held together with a two-by-four, a major beam supported by a temporary, metal brace.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
For another iteration of the recipe, check out Bite-Size Honey Popcorn Balls, which are held together with a mixture of honey, butter, and salt.
—Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
To kick things off, Cyrus hit the red carpet in a custom John Galliano for Maison Margiela couture dress held together with metal safety pins and interwoven strands of beads.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2024
Sometimes this country doesn’t seem to stand at all, but instead to be a figment of our individual and collective imaginations—small bubbles, communities that overlap or sit side by side, sometimes in harmony, often in opposition, but somehow still holding together.
—Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
Nests are made from thistle or dandelion down and held together with spider silk and pine sap.
—Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2024
Most of his dramatic features are put together from disparate pieces—not merely, like most films, scenes held together by plot but collages of sequences touching on many stories and subjects and held together not by the power of ideas.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
Children could build cars, airplanes and machines with thin metal sheets and bars held together by tiny nuts and bolts.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Jacobsen took photos of wood rot, a broken joist held together with a two-by-four, a major beam supported by a temporary, metal brace.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
For another iteration of the recipe, check out Bite-Size Honey Popcorn Balls, which are held together with a mixture of honey, butter, and salt.
—Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
To kick things off, Cyrus hit the red carpet in a custom John Galliano for Maison Margiela couture dress held together with metal safety pins and interwoven strands of beads.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2024
Sometimes this country doesn’t seem to stand at all, but instead to be a figment of our individual and collective imaginations—small bubbles, communities that overlap or sit side by side, sometimes in harmony, often in opposition, but somehow still holding together.
—Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
Nests are made from thistle or dandelion down and held together with spider silk and pine sap.
—Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2024
Most of his dramatic features are put together from disparate pieces—not merely, like most films, scenes held together by plot but collages of sequences touching on many stories and subjects and held together not by the power of ideas.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
Children could build cars, airplanes and machines with thin metal sheets and bars held together by tiny nuts and bolts.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
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“Hold together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold%20together. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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