Examples of 'held fast' in a sentence
Meaning of "held fast"
Held fast means to hold firmly or securely. It can be used in a literal sense, such as holding onto an object tightly, or in a figurative sense, such as staying strong and not giving up on something
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held fast
The witch was held fast without guards.
The color of the shirt held fast.
I once held fast a belief in the divine.
The third rope held fast.
Shaftesbury held fast to the broader ideal.
You are bound and held fast.
He told me he held fast against them all.
I held fast to my dream of being published.
And he just held fast to his lies.
I held fast and were not allowed to cry.
But the trawlermen held fast.
They held fast that which was good.
The souls of traitors are held fast in a lake of ice.
King held fast to the biblical idea.
He was stopped and held fast.
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She held fast round his neck.
But through it all they held fast to moral imperatives.
It held fast the first time.
They are like hands held fast across the water.
He held fast to a lot of traditional values.
The girl held fast.
I have held fast to the command of your lips.
The hands held fast.
Held fast in a system that gives us no value and no freedom.
But they held fast in place.
Held fast against all winds by the paperweight of debt.
Memories held fast in time.
But not all predictions about global warming held fast last year.
He held fast to her mouth.
But it still held fast.
We held fast to the moorings.
Peleus held fast.
I held fast to his hand.
Washington held fast.
She held fast to faith.
All those things stirring around and held fast by pain and suffering.
It held fast to its prize.
The treatment material is hereby contained and held fast in the first compartment.
A stick insect held fast to the water by surface tension.
These jams caused the spring jam which held fast for over three days.
The two are held fast but continue to struggle.
Not freed from their earthly burdens they held fast to their Faith in God.
We held fast to them.
The American resisted and held fast.
They held fast to their belief in themselves and their virtues.
It was a difficult week for me because I held fast against everyone else.
He had held fast during the entire time to wood planks and barrels.
Within the Church they certainly held fast to the name of the Lord.
These are held fast to their bodies using their tube feet and pedicellariae.
Our tremulous hands held fast in sleep at dawn ;.
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