Examples of 'was trying to hold' in a sentence
Meaning of "was trying to hold"
This phrase is used to describe a situation where someone was making an effort or attempting to maintain or keep something in place. It implies that the person was trying to prevent something from falling apart, breaking, or failing
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was trying to hold
I was trying to hold on to the hood of the car.
All the time he was trying to hold me back.
I was trying to hold her here for you.
He looked like he was trying to hold in laughter.
He was trying to hold onto two things at once.
I never realized how hard it was trying to hold it together.
Like he was trying to hold the murderer off.
Must have happened while he was trying to hold me off.
He was trying to hold on until the end.
It was like something was trying to hold us back.
I was trying to hold them to a higher standard.
It looked like he was trying to hold everything in.
I was trying to hold my marriage together.
It looked as if it was trying to hold something up.
I was trying to hold out until my customers left.
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Where were you when i was trying to hold on.
I was trying to hold my tongue about this party.
I would say the murderer was trying to hold him tightly.
I was trying to hold them back.
It was as if he was trying to hold her back.
I was trying to hold my family together.
I seen him come out and he was trying to hold my hand.
Emilie was trying to hold back her tears.
It was a harrowing scene as Ashraf was trying to hold on to her son.
I was trying to hold her down.
I heard a gasp of breath that sounded like Andromache was trying to hold tears back.
I know he was trying to hold his anger.
Perhaps he had realized it was happening and was trying to hold it back?
And how he was trying to hold back the tears.
Stand back and let me talk to him. He was trying to hold up a taxi.
He said he was trying to hold it in during class.
He did not see the tears I was trying to hold back.
I know he was trying to hold back the tears.
But I had a second life that I was trying to hold together.
He was trying to hold up a taxi.
The other day I thought he was trying to hold my hand.
Nobody was trying to hold out your end or anything of the sort.
But, it seemed like he was trying to hold it in.
I was trying to hold him.
I am not sure if he thought I was trying to hold him up there, I was not.
I was trying to hold on to it.
Ten minutes later I was trying to hold back the tears.
I was trying to hold the door shut when she surprised me.
The killer was trying to hold on.
I was trying to hold my tears while the doctor was explaining this to me.
It was as if he was trying to hold the words in.
I was trying to hold back the tears as best I could.
She fell ' cause she was trying to hold up her husband.
I was trying to hold you off me while I called the cops.
Never realized how hard it was trying to hold it together … and just be tough.
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