Examples of 'is held back' in a sentence

Meaning of "is held back"

When someone or something is held back, it means that they are restrained or prevented from moving forward or progressing. This can refer to physical restraint, as well as being held back in terms of personal or professional development

How to use "is held back" in a sentence

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is held back
But he is held back mostly by his uncle.
Not a single line of code is held back.
Europe is held back by an episode of risk aversion.
Through an overflow the oil is held back in a disposal canister.
This is held back by the inflexibilities in the budget.
Even what is held back.
Nothing is held back in recognition of their friendship.
The development of renewable resources is held back by three factors.
A fool who is held back by attitude and circumstance.
The administration is held back.
Nothing is held back in these sessions.
Jonathan is shot when he attempts to intervene and is held back by his partner.
Mahinda is held back by these people.
Timing is the quality that governs the release of all that is held back.
The success of the region is held back by underinvestment in innovation.

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Is held back by fear.
In so far as it is held back by my sins.
Economic growth can not be accomplished when one half of the workforce is held back.
Love itself is held back.
But its use is held back by concerns about security and privacy.
Current research on European financial markets is held back by the lack of available data.
The skin is held back and the salivary gland dissected from surrounding tissues.
A faster recovery in global labour markets is held back by a deficit of aggregate demand.
The beauty of the love between Darcy and Elizabeth is that it is held back.
Structural change is held back if the wrong approach is adopted to subsidies.
Branwen attempts to rescue her son from the fire but is held back by Bendigeidfran.
Expansion of geothermal is held back by the high cost and risk of exploration.
Otello calls her a demon and almost strikes her violently but is held back by Lodovico.
The percentage that is held back depends on how much you are withdrawing.
Women 's development potential is held back by.
She is held back by what appears to be Unkar Plutt.
The part of the invoice that is held back is called the reserve.
During opening procedure it has to stop automatically, if it is held back.
Some American doctors argue that our research is held back by a lack of suitable animals.
Innovation is held back by the ever-growing number of directives.
But America is held back.
The economy is held back by the country 's diplomatic isolation.
Women 's development potential is held back in particular by.
As a result, the overall development of a democratic society is held back.
Furthermore, export growth is held back by an unfavourable geographic orientation of exports.
Peter tries to attack him, but is held back.
The left is held back by the need to maintain a soft spoken, inclusive veneer.
We can't succeed if half the world is held back.
Consequently, institutional transformation is held back and problems of economic stability tend to become acute.
From her disappointment to her triumphs, nothing is held back.
When the ion beam is not used, it is held back by a strong negative field.
From her disappointments to her triumphs, nothing is held back.
Thus, the cassette is held back and can not be loaded into the apparatus.
Equaled only by the closest of personal relationships, where nothing is held back.
Buffalo is held back while Joe 's on the floor.

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