And behind it, he knew, lay the stupendous urgency and drive of some power that held the entire universe in its pulses as easily as the ocean holds a shoal of minnows.
Then to the music of the elfin waltz, others enter who have, seemingly, cast off the gross weight which holds mortals in contact with the earth.
The Pope holds in his hand a staff so dry that it has split.
The scene holds its place in Paris, but is seldom performed elsewhere.
Hänsel wants to enter the house, but Gretel holdshim back.
A bulldog secures his grip and holds it till doomsday.
King of France, mixed with the livre tournois of Charlemagne one-third alloy, imagining that, since he held the monopoly of the power of coining money, he could do what every merchant does who holds the monopoly of a product.
Yes, the human being is vicious because he is illogical, because his constitution is but an eclecticism which holds in perpetual struggle the potentialities of his being, independently of the contradictions of society.
Of all the economic contradictions value is that which, dominating the others and summing them up, holds in a sense the sceptre of society, I had almost said of the moral world.
As the proverb says, he who owns land must defend it; likewise, he who holds a privilege is liable to attack.
Rossi holds too high an office to give his language all the precision and exactness which science requires when monopoly is in question.
Felix laughs cheerily, and holds Lily closer to his breast.
Such a sympathetic affection as humanity holds no place in the schemes and calculations of railway directors.
When it does, I pray to God that she may give her heart to one who will be worthy of her--to one who holdsnot lightly, as is unhappily too much the fashion now, the sacred duties of life.
And the little girl falls asleep and dreams of it, and holds it in her arms.
Then the fancy comes upon him that the little girl who was hurt in the accident, and who lay like dead, was something like Pollypod; and he shivers at the thought, and holds his darling closer to his breast.
He handles the wood as if it were sensitive; he looks at his handiwork fondly, and holds it up to the light and examines it with loving interest.
When it does, I pray to God that she may give her heart to a man who will be worthy of her--to one who holds not lightly, as is unhappily too much the fashion now, the sacred duties of life.
While another holds his burden loosely, and proclaims, "This is Ours, and I wish it was Yours!
Tickle and Flint, holds such a dangerous power over the infatuated young man as can crush him at any moment.
He blinks at the light which the old man holds in his hands, closes his eyes, and shows so decided a disposition to lean against nothing, that the old man has to save him from falling.
He holds a letter in his hand, which he has evidently been reading more and more.
The pious reverence I owe to th' grave resemblance of my father Holds back my angry hands.
Afore God, he is a most unanswerable lord, and holds her to't, i' faith.
No breaking open doors: he that stirs first, [Draws and holds out a pistol.
In brief, in the legitimate drama, and in order and correct stage management, the National holds an honorable preeminence.
In his hand he holds a lever that stops and reverses the course of the machine; he lowers it and the cage reverses its course in the twinkling of an eye; he sends it upwards or downwards into the depths of the shaft with a giddy swiftness.
Nowadays everything holds together in the world of production.
Fewer fields change hands under the management of the Russian Commune than where personal property holds sway, and is for ever carrying its quarrels into courts of law.
Your pencil outline holds the same relation to your chalk talk that the minister's notes hold to his sermon.
It well represents the liquor traffic as a whole--that terrible curse which holds in its grip so many men and boys, whose lives might be bright, happy and successful but for its blighting, fatal grasp.
The poet Bryant, in Thanatopsis says that "'To him, who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms she speaks A various language.
This latter name comes from the fact that in one of the paintings of the Madonna she holds one of these lilies in her hand.
From Europe comes many a cry of anguish, showing that the same powerful slaveholder holds sway across the ocean.
Because the very thing which holdsit down is the same thing which holds it up!
It is evident that the fisherman who holds the line is not after the kind of fish which are to be captured by trolling or casting, for he is using the method known as still-fishing.
But the same truthholds good when one honest man seeks to deal with another honest man.
And by and by they came to the region of snow and ice, where the Storm-king holds his court, and reigns in ever-lasting solitude.
He rides upon a shining steed named Goldtop; and he holds in his hand a horn with which, in the last twilight, he shall summon the world to battle with the sons of Loki.
There, too, is Oliver; and there are the other peers of the realm, all of whom the king holdsmost dear.
Clarisse loves a fascinating young man named Valdeja, whoholds a position of attaché to the Embassy at Saint Petersburg, far away from her.
Yet, like the master of the posting-inn at Martigny, Jacotot holdsme in execration, he loathes me and curses me!
Dumas, which holds its head highest, the philosophy of delicacy, or, indeed, that of assurance?
In other words, Britain holds the cork with which she can close the Syrian tube and put the closure on any invasion of India or Egypt from this side.
It is one of the most important positions on our whole front, for whichever side holds it not only effectually blocks the enemy's advance, but has also an invaluable sally-port from which to launch his own.
Some traveler has said that on the coast of Syria the Arabs have a proverb that the "sultan of fleas holds his court in Jaffa, and the grand vizier in Cairo.
No institution of its kind holds so eminent a place in the esteem of a great country as the Académie Française.
He holds his authority over his subjects as general rain maker and sorcerer.
A savage holdsto his cows, and his women, but especially to his COWS.
The future holds out immense possibilities for producers and writers of thoroughly good photoplay serials.
Doctor compels him to speak more calmly and, when he knows just what is wrong and hears Norma's symptoms, he nods head and holds up hand, telling Freeman to sit down and be quiet while he prepares some medicine.
One of the cowboys gives the sheriff a strong argument, but he holds his ground and taps his badge significantly.
It centres the spectator's attention on a certain object and holds it there until the important object is fully observed by the watcher.
Throws pick down, kneels, holdsup fair-sized piece of ice.
It has been demonstrated, however, that what holds the attention of the photoplay spectator, young or old, is the mystery connected with the story, and it is the solving of this mystery that must constantly be kept in mind.
Sheriff watches him a moment, then holds out his hand.
He holds back, hesitating a moment, then weakly follows her in.
She approaches slowly and stops in front of him, looks steadily into his eyes for a moment, then impulsively holds out both her hands.
Maud stoops, picks up the knife-point, and holds it out towards him.
As he finishes, the doctor looks him over from head to foot, then holds out his hand, which the outlaw grasps silently.
His sacred Eminence holds all France as a man might contain in his hand an egg.
Another time he reaches for his sword, and swears--the Lord forgive him--at the weakness which holds him down.
When it attempts to 'set up a yell,' the mother covers its mouth with the palm of her hand, grasps its nose between her thumb and forefinger, and holds on until the little one is nearly suffocated.
The biggest boy holds the blades between the fingers and thumb of his closed hand, and whoever draws the blade with the knot has to act as herdsman" (543.
Childhood often holds a truth in its feeble fingers, which the grasp of manhood cannot retain, and which it is the pride of utmost age to recover.
Sometimes she holds one, while a second plays about her knee.
When she returns and finds it, she takes it up, holds it to her breast, pretends to nurse it, and sings it lullaby songs.
It will then be found that the moment of momentum of the sun's rotation will be gradually expended in increasing the orbits of the planets, but as this reserve only holds about two per cent.
This method of finding the sun's distance holdsout no prospect of a result accurate to the one-thousandth part of its amount, and we may discard it, inasmuch as the other methods available seem to admit of much higher accuracy.
He who holds an office worth twenty rupees a month commonly gives his sons an education equal to that of a prime minister.
This holds good as well with the military as the civil officer, but more especially with the latter.
Corwin, '00, who now holds the chair of Political Science, formerly occupied by President Wilson.
Jenks, '78, was for many years Professor of Social Science and Economics and nowholds a research professorship in New York University.
Lash your horse, and tear from the grasp of the man that holds him; then follow me.
I can do it, if my horse holds out," returned Tom briefly.
With a documentary bill, the banker holds the bill of lading, and if there is any trouble about the acceptance or payment of a draft, can simply seize the goods and sell them.
The banker who holds a bill of lading for cotton shipped to Liverpool can at any moment tell exactly what he can realize on it.
The fact that a dealer here knows that some bank in London has a wealthy client who holds a big block of certain bonds about to mature, may very possibly mean that the house here may be able to make a very profitable trade.
Lo how straight up to heaven he holds them rear'd, Winnowing the air with those eternal plumes, That not like mortal hairs fall off or change!
Insane Who hopes, our reason may that space explore, Which holds three persons in one substance knit.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "holds" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
