Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: holds
IPA transcription: [h'oʊldz]
Pronunciations of holds
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Usage examples
  • This earth holds no more perfect view-point.
  • The top that holds out the longest is the winner.
  • Finite or any magnitude holds not any proportion to infinite.
  • "Perhaps that is why he holds his tongue," said Alice, rising.
  • The chuck holds the work truest that comes the nearest to fitting it.
  • One breathes a prayer that the Road holds for the few remaining hours.
  • The sapling is bent down to it and fitted into the notch, which holds it down.
  • As an individual he holds that he has the same right to be himself that anyone else has.
  • A swimmer can easily carry a knife in this way; otherwise he holds it between his teeth.
  • To scale the rock face itself was impossible, however: there were no hand or foot holds.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Saint Peter, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Evolution, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Canada, License CC BY-SA 4.0