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Holds is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Holds in a sentence

Related words

Holds | Hold | Holdings | Holding | Holders | Holder | Holdsworth | Holded

Holds meaning

plural of hold

Using Holds

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of hold
  • In the example corpus, holds often appears in combinations such as: holds the, holds that, who holds.

Context around Holds

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

partner 2× lombardi 1× turn 1× moody 1× future 1× harris 1× name 1× utah 1× djokovic 1× currently 1×

Often after:

daughter 1× off 1× serve 1× arizona 1× two 1× conferences 1× agent 1× true 1× 25pc 1×

Sentence patterns with Holds

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

1650 which holds 4 1× as it holds 5 88 1× bank now holds a 20 1× carranza 31 holds her daughter 1× coalition currently holds 33 of 1× critically hated holds a significantly 1× djokovic holds off the 1× foreign partner holds 49 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a man affiliated 1× according to existing 1× djokovic holds off 1× find someone who 1× he holds a 1× if trump holds 1×

Common sentence endings:

1 among audiences 1× and holds serve 1× and north carolina 1× aug 7 2020 1× doren 18 months 1× from cambridge university 1×

Words around Holds

Just before it in the word index:

holdridge 5 holdren 2 holdrege 5 holdred 3 holdovers 33 holdover 43

Just after it in the word index:

holdsworth 15 holdt 2 holdup 28 holdups 10 holdway 2 hole 3.464

Similar in corpus frequency:

whatever 6.117 nearby 6.108 email 6.100 widely 6.097 industrial 6.093 factors 6.089

Corpus analysis for Holds

  • In this selection, "holds" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, partner, lombardi, turn, daughter, off and serve stand out and add context to how "holds" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1650 which holds 4, as it holds 5 88 and future holds. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "holds" sits close to words such as whatever, nearby and email, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with holds

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Djokovic holds off the break point and holds serve. (9 words)

We may not know what the future holds, but we know who holds the future. (15 words)

Now that Moody holds the record it’ll be interesting to see how long he holds it. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

A man affiliated with Utah Citizens’ Alarm who declined to give his name holds a rifle while standing with counterprotesters as Black Lives Matter Utah holds a protest outside of the Cottonwood Heights police department on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (40 words)

According to existing laws of the Chinese regime, Sino-foreign joint venture university is regarded as an independent legal entity, the local partner holds 51% of the shares, and the foreign partner holds 49%. (34 words)

The campus is a well-known draw for diplomats and intelligence officials — the CIA holds conferences there, the FBI holds agent-training sessions there, and former U.S. intelligence officials teach there. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

Juana Carranza, 31, holds her daughter Santos Griselda, three; Silvia Pérez, 27, holds her son Elzer, two; and María Elena Reyes, 36, holds her daughter Doren, 18 months.

Jenn Lombardi holds daughter MacKenzie, who in turn holds a balloon tiger, during Monroeville Public Library’s Fun Fest on Aug. 26.

Now that Moody holds the record it’ll be interesting to see how long he holds it.

The end of production is significant, as it holds 5.88% market share, skyrocketing pass the GTX 1650, which holds 4%.

We may not know what the future holds, but we know who holds the future.

While she holds those meetings, CBS News, BBC’s US partner, suggests Ms. Harris holds a slight edge over her Republican rival Donald Trump, leading by one point nationally.

A man affiliated with Utah Citizens’ Alarm who declined to give his name holds a rifle while standing with counterprotesters as Black Lives Matter Utah holds a protest outside of the Cottonwood Heights police department on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020.

Djokovic holds off the break point and holds serve.

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If Trump holds those two states, he doesn’t need Wisconsin, Michigan or Minnesota, assuming he also holds Arizona and North Carolina.

The centrist Blue and White coalition currently holds 33 of 120 seats in the Knesset, while Netanyahu’s Likud party holds 45.

According to existing laws of the Chinese regime, Sino-foreign joint venture university is regarded as an independent legal entity, the local partner holds 51% of the shares, and the foreign partner holds 49%.

Find someone who loves and holds you the way that Jurgen Klopp loves and holds this bottle pic.

Mr Katter holds a seat in the lower house, while Senator Hanson's One Nation holds two in the senate.

The campus is a well-known draw for diplomats and intelligence officials — the CIA holds conferences there, the FBI holds agent-training sessions there, and former U.S. intelligence officials teach there.

The green wall just holds them up, and holds them up, and the green wall is holding them up if anything.

The same holds true for MetaCritic, where ranks a 4 out of 10, while rank slightly above 5. The critically hated holds a significantly higher 6.1 among audiences.

He holds a master of divinity and doctor of ministry degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. He also holds a doctor of philosophy from Cambridge University.

Japan holds 5 per cent share and South Korea holds 2 per cent share within Asia, the report said.

Miller holds a 3.98 GPA in business administration and political science while Zwiercan holds a 3.75 GPA in business administration.

Norges Bank now holds a 20.9pc stake in the company while Hong Kong property tycoon Tak Lee holds 25pc.

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These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:

Common combinations with holds

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "holds" in a sentence?
An example: "Juana Carranza, 31, holds her daughter Santos Griselda, three; Silvia Pérez, 27, holds her son Elzer, two; and María Elena Reyes, 36, holds her daughter Doren, 18 months." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "holds" from authentic English texts.
What does "holds" mean?
Holds means: plural of hold
How many example sentences with "holds" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "holds", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.