Examples of 'held good' in a sentence

Meaning of "held good"

held good - a term used to describe something that is considered valid, true, or reliable based on past experiences or beliefs
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  • simple past tense and past participle of hold good

How to use "held good" in a sentence

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held good
They held good land and prospered.
I see my needlework has held good.
That assumption held good throughout the ages.
To fulfil this duty all means were held good.
Baggara held good to their agreements.
They gathered together and held good meetings.
We have held good and constructive discussions on this matter.
The law was held good.
This approach held good due to the prevailing conditions at that time.
This measure held good.
It held good for six hundred years and was covered in shops and buildings.
Yet the question was whether that distinction held good in international law.
Ukraine has consistently held good elections, and has a vibrant civil society and free media.
It was the only place on earth that only held good memories of him.
The same rule held good in Thurso for merchandise coming “ by sea or land . ”.

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Were there any people in your neighborhood that completed high school or held good jobs.
The same observation also held good for other links in the chain.
For the first ten minutes Cashel defence held good.
This prohibition suggests that the town Jews held good relations with their town neighbours.
I have held good American boys in my arms and watched them die, and for what?
Because they could provide a justification only if they held good in other respects as well.
This promise held good in David 's time, and it will hold good now,.
But then again, you have held good.
That general principle held good for the Convention against Torture.
Now, Ricardo 's assumptions by and large held good for his age.
It held good populations of native crayfish until at least the 1980s.
Brilliant, as usual. Maréchal held good.
It held good for 600 years and was covered in shops and buildings.

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