Examples of 'had been holding' in a sentence
Meaning of "had been holding"
The phrase 'had been holding' is used to indicate a continuous action or state in the past that lasted until a specific moment or event. It implies that something was ongoing or in progress but stopped or changed at a particular point in time
How to use "had been holding" in a sentence
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had been holding
You knew they had been holding hands.
He had been holding back an even bigger secret.
It was the book the boy had been holding.
Geeta had been holding her off well.
I suddenly realized he had been holding my hand.
They had been holding classes in their home.
The man was unarmed and had been holding a crucifix.
He had been holding down the fort for us.
He released the breath he had been holding very slowly.
If she had been holding out for true love.
The diamond that she had been holding.
The gunman had been holding children as hostage.
He released the hand he had been holding.
The one he had been holding for years.
She could finally release the breath she had been holding.
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Bottom had been holding the downside.
Locate the platoon leader who had been holding my area.
Health had been holding him back.
Hyuk liberally shed the tears that he had been holding back until now.
He had been holding down the post in an interim capacity.
That my son had been holding.
I had been holding my breath without realizing it.
The man at the shop had been holding it for weeks.
I had been holding onto the illusion of control.
She thought that he had been holding her in that cabin.
I had been holding myself back.
It was easy to see by how we had been holding each other.
Mom had been holding on to a piece of me.
This would not be much of a story if he had been holding press conferences of late.
Had been holding a megaphone.
Celine had been holding.
Driving along I finally released the tears I had been holding for days.
It was as if they had been holding their collective breath throughout.
It was only then that I realized I had been holding my breath.
Not whomever had been holding her in his arms instead.
He let out a little breath, as if he had been holding it.
It was as if she had been holding her breath for seven years.
Janeway exhaled, a breath she felt like she had been holding for months.
The hands that had been holding them had disappeared.
Of course, his pride would be quick to reply that he had been holding back.
They had been holding it.
But Montie could see now that she had been holding on to a dream.
He had been holding my hand.
He held up the sheet of paper he had been holding hidden behind his back.
He had been holding his breath for the whole of the morning session of meditation.
Marlene realized she had been holding her breath all this time.
I had been holding back my feelings, but it was time to get them out.
He also stated that he had been holding bitcoins for the long term.
He had been holding a pair of aces and a pair of 8s in his hand.
Her new status lifted the barriers that had been holding her back from her dreams.
