Examples of 'is holding back' in a sentence

Meaning of "is holding back"

This phrase means to hinder or restrain progress or development. It suggests that something or someone is preventing forward movement or success

How to use "is holding back" in a sentence

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Informed consent is holding back our diagnosis.
There is something that every one is holding back.
The man is holding back her career.
The absence of legal infrastructures is holding back development.
Energy poverty is holding back development in many sectors.
I do not know why this guy is holding back.
This is holding back investment in the euro area.
Something or someone is holding back your success.
Chaos is holding back the constitution of new blocs.
Something or someone is holding back the process.
This is holding back export growth and economic activity.
The prosecution is holding back a witness.
This is holding back money from the schools that are in great need.
An athletic young man is holding back a wild horse.
Oracle is holding back test cases in the latest release of MySQL.

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I felt like everyone is holding back at me.
Mom is holding back the cops.
Weaker than expected private consumption is holding back growth.
I am sure he is holding back something from us.
There is something he is holding back.
The wind is holding back the tide lf it veers round.
The clay berm installed last week is holding back the water.
Hunger is holding back progress.
Our research shows that this lack of textbooks is holding back learning.
The hard part is holding back the laughter.
Twitching eyebrows or eyelids may indicate anger or shock that the character is holding back.
Insufficient investment is holding back the modernisation of the economy.
Satellite operators have complained that slow progress in antenna technology is holding back their growth.
Perhaps the author is holding back on that until later.
It is holding back growth and job creation and it is dividing Europe.
A growing uncertainty that is holding back the attempts of foreign investors.
Broadband Internet Access Lack of internet access is holding back growth.
Continuing poverty is holding back this process through open trade.
It is the extremist and terrorist violence which is holding back the peace process.
Hopefully no one is holding back because they do not want to compromise their sources.
It is said that Nature is holding back on life.
This is holding back the growth of European champions on the global market.
The next wind the angel is holding back is the west wind.
This is holding back the First Nations people.
It is not that Greece is holding back any money.
He is holding back his rage, but if it explodes.
A lack of soft skills is holding back CRO programs.
What is holding back the start of the great tribulation?
Liberal neglect and mismanagement is holding back eastern Canada.
He then asked what is holding back the development of innovative and more competitive services.
An information technology consulting firm in California is holding back on planned hiring.
Regulatory uncertainty is holding back investment in the energy sector and elsewhere in the economy.
A report from Google and Temasek agreed that talent shortage is holding back regional startup development.
The current status quo is holding back the internal market for consumers and for businesses.
The Council however is holding back.

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