Examples of 'was holding back' in a sentence

Meaning of "was holding back"

"was holding back": "This phrase suggests that someone was restraining themselves from doing or saying something."]

How to use "was holding back" in a sentence

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was holding back
I was holding back enough as it is but there is a line.
I have a hunch she was holding back on me.
I was holding back tears from the pain.
Lack of political commitment was holding back progress.
I was holding back tears by the end.
I could see he was holding back tears.
I was holding back because of your kid.
There is definitely something that she was holding back.
Cassius was holding back a bit.
Was there some secret he was holding back.
Greg was holding back his commission.
I was the one who was holding back.
I was holding back for dramatic effect.
I wondered what else he was holding back on.
I was holding back this whole time.

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My father suddenly laughing lightly as if he was holding back on something.
Nobody was holding back the group.
I could feel she was holding back.
Montra was holding back in a fight.
Dahlia looked like she was holding back tears.
He was holding back the rest of the time.
I felt like he was holding back.
Hani was holding back something.
I could tell he was holding back.
I was holding back from proposing after two months.
It was like he was holding back.
I was holding back a burp.
This suggested that a software limitation was holding back the processing speed of older devices.
I was holding back.
With Oasis we did experiment but Noel was holding back the reins a bit.
Bernard was holding back my wages.
The young Krenim man got quiet and Tom wondered what he was holding back.
I knew he was holding back on me.
Is it me or did you sense that Gus was holding back Sir.
He was holding back.
But I think part of me was holding back.
So was holding back your cavalry until far too late in the battle.
Radek slotted the crystal he was holding back into place and pulled out the next.
I was holding back from interfering but the monsters had the nerve to make a move first.
It turns out he was holding back about Carissa.
I was holding back because I am crazy about you.
And then have you say I was holding back.
He thenasked what was holding back the development ofinnovative and more competitive services.
The other day you said it felt like I was holding back.
He then asked what was holding back the development of innovative and more competitive services.
The visitors must have sensed that I was holding back.
This tedious work was holding back the booming growth of the program and the company.
Hawkeye began to wonder why Trick Shot was holding back with his shots.
Maybe he was holding back because of Haley.
And you should know I was holding back.

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