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Example sentences for "hold forth"

  • Monty, and by his suddenness I knew he was about to hold forth at some length.

  • Then he turned to me in a sudden, emphatic way that he had when he was going to hold forth.

  • The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach.

  • He picked quarrels with everyone, began to hold forth eloquently, exacted unlimited respect, and at last disappeared from the house, and sometimes did not return for a long time.

  • As soon as he arrived this morning, he began to hold forth, beating his breast and apparently blaming himself for something.

  • I conceive, to hold forth so much by these your expressions.

  • In these he is to be adored, and admired as infinitely transcending all created perfections and conceptions, But yet in others he has been pleased to hold forth himself to be imitated and followed.

  • God’s glory, but the words do extend further, and we must now consider what further they hold forth.

  • I recommend to them that fear God, sadly and seriously to consider, that the Holy Scripture doth plainly hold forth, 1.

  • Friend," quoth the intruder, "is it thy purpose to hold forth to these good people?

  • To hold forth, to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward.

  • The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    answered promptly; dare not; dark ages; forces were; hold back; hold fast; hold forth; hold office; hold property; hold slaves; hold thee; hold them; hold themselves; hold together; hold upon; holding fast; holding the; holds good; human prudence; might still; more frequently; placed before; render the; sexual activity; undue influence; will just