Examples of 'held them back' in a sentence

Meaning of "held them back"

held them back: to prevent someone or something from making progress or advancing

How to use "held them back" in a sentence

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held them back
It was their commanders who held them back.
We held them back as long as we could.
One thing held them back.
I held them back actually.
I would have held them back.
What held them back was a lack of faith.
Not even the wedding held them back.
Held them back.
We have held them back.
He held them back just for forty years because of their unbelief.
Free from the prison that held them back.
Then I held them back at bay until reinforcements arrived.
There was no doubt whatsoever that the communism system held them back.
The UN has held them back.
Most of them came to confession at a rather late hourhuman respect still held them back.

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I am afraid I held them back when they took everything else.
Certain clients seemed to have emotional blocks that held them back and hindered the healing.
Blaine held them back for a while, but died by the hordes.
Chinese are angry because they feel that the Malays have held them back.
I held them back actually . They succeeded despite me.
Only the power of the Time Lords have held them back thus far.
And you held them back from me?
That I scarcely could have held them back.
They are here. We held them back as long as we could.
And for a lot of people, that would have held them back.
The only thing that really held them back was M.A.D., otherwise known as.
Corey, It seemed to be kind of like a plastic or something that held them back.
I barely did anything . I held them back actually.
Larry Beckett suggested that the band 's desire to please audiences held them back.
Even then, we held them back.
I have met many a Harvard grad whose lack of post-college drive held them back.
And we did . We held them back.
The tribes want shout for vengeance, I held them back.
We did it . We held them back.
Tears bit at the corner of my eyes, but I held them back.
In short, the contract held them back.
Merlin took Arthur, and Gawain and Gaius held them back.
But Saturday, nothing held them back.
But that 's against protocol, so … I held them back.

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