If Mr. Dreiser refuses to withhold his approbation from the lawless financier, he withholds it even less from the lawless lover.
But Mr. Tarkington withholds that one touch more of exaggeration.
It withholds or suppresses the date of the extract, and the source whence it is drawn.
It withholds or suppresses the date of the extract, and the source whence it is drawn, and does not in any way disclose to the uninformed reader that it was actually written before the origin of the Pennsylvania System.
He merely gives sufficient evidence of the truth or wisdom of any course, and till men improve the evidence which He gives He withholds further evidence.
The Lord imparts one degree of light and knowledge and grace, but withholds higher degrees till full use has been made of the lower.
It may be right to say that God withholds the vision, withholdsit deliberately; but it cannot be correct to assert that this fact is the final explanation of the whole matter.
With this change, millions of Americans from whom the government withholds more than necessary can now choose to have the government withhold less from their paychecks.
I am an advocate of economy in our national expenditures, but it is a misuse of terms to make this word describe a policy that withholds an expenditure for the purpose of extending our foreign commerce.
He said to himself as she went away: "It's only a matter of time, but that is true about us all; and a wise physician does as much good by what he withholds as by what he tells.
But he entirely overlooks the fact that if one withholds copper or one withholds tin it is no longer bronze.
The smallest seed that, wrapped in soil, has dreams of April rains and days of June, withholds its secret from the wisest men.
And no deference toward "the rock" withholds Paul from charging Peter to his face with "dissimulation.
It is probably a congenital absence of some faculty which I ought to possess which withholds me from adopting this summary procedure.
He gives them everything that is really for their benefit; He withholds nothing from them that is really good; but He requires them to take up their cross daily and follow Him.
He withholds nothing that is really for their good.
Congress not only impairs but annihilates the right of private property, while it withholds from the slaves of the District their title to themselves.
We abhor that inconsistent, illiberal, and interested policy, which withholds those rights from an unfortunate and degraded class of our fellow creatures.
People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
Their associations were just as selfish as any individual; the only difference being that in one case it is a single person and in the other a company that is selfish, and clannishly withholds its own from the rest of the world.
All needful grace will God bestow, And crown that grace with glory too: He gives us all things, and withholds No real good from upright souls.
Blessings all around bestowing, God withholds his care from none; Grace and mercy ever flowing From the fountain of his throne.
The Lord his people loves; His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves, From pure and pious souls: Thrice happy he, O God of hosts, Whose spirit trusts Alone in thee.
At other times He is pleased to be satisfied when He makes us see that He is ready to give us this grace, and that it is not He that withholds it.
He showeth great mercy unto him to whom He gives the grace and resolution to strive for this blessing with all his might; for God withholds Himself from no one who perseveres.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "withholds" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
