hold in

verb

held in; holding in; holds in

: to stop (an emotion) from being expressed

Don't hold your feelings in. Let them out.

Examples of hold in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hundreds of employees were held in lockdown for hours, relying on texts from friends or news reports for updates. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

An emotional vigil was held in Garfield, New Jersey, on Thursday to remember two children who died after being swept into the Passaic River. — Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

His mother was held in jail overnight before being released Thursday on $75,000 bail, officials said. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

Freighted with history, Fraser’s sleeping figures hold in suspension all that de Monteflores’s motherhood deferred. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for hold in

• bolden
• golden
• holden
• olden
• soldan
• beholden