held (in)

past tense of hold (in)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for held (in)
Verb
  • Beyond the housing units that concealed this bloody event, a truck rumbled along the road, a basketball bounced, children squealed, the sounds foreign, from another world.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Prosecutors also alleged Friday that between December 2024 and September 2025, Blain destroyed or concealed city communications that were public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act.
    Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a 2023 report in Science, their team found that morphogens were indeed secreted just before a feather follicle started to bud.
    Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Melatonin Melatonin is a hormone secreted primarily by the pineal gland (located deep in the brain).
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By 2025, Gallup reported Democrats regaining a slight edge in party affiliation, but this masked deeper fractures as internal polls showed growing liberal extremism, with bases demanding purity tests on social issues that repelled moderates.
    Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Having masked federal officers in our streets creates terror and chaos in our streets.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One’s identity was obscured; the other two were Shelley Silver and Barbara Ozer, David’s mother.
    Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • However, by creating sharp boundaries, the schema obscured the subtleties of what happened between them.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The covers of her upcoming albums depict Pausini as a warrior in silver clothing on the Italian album, and in a light, veiled dress on the Spanish version.
    Natalia Cano, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Many times, the characters Jaglom played in his films were thinly veiled versions of himself.
    Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Shalom restricted access to the pond afterward, records show.
    Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Those opportunities will now be restricted.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Everyone else is shrouded in darkness.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
  • As decades passed, multiple killer theories persisted, keeping one of Boston’s darkest chapters shrouded in uncertainty.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Held (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/held%20%28in%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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