Examples of 'we were held' in a sentence

Meaning of "we were held"

we were held - This phrase suggests a situation where a group of people were detained or kept in a particular place

How to use "we were held" in a sentence

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we were held
We were held up by a red dog with yellow eyes.
I think of the two days we were held at the factory.
We were held up for two hours on account of an accident.
My late father squandered any esteem in which we were held.
So we were held up for about two hours.
I was ordered to mix in with the others if we were held hostage.
We were held for several hours before being released.
A mountain pass where we were held up.
We were held on standby for a majority of the day.
Right next to where we were held captive all those years.
We were held up once and went rather close to being shot.
My late father squandered any esteem in which we were held along with my inheritance.
After that we were held prisoner until they brought us to.
They took us all to a military camp where we were held until the evening.
We were held up for two hours on account of the accident.

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We were still not told why we were held and treated like criminals.
We were held accountable for their actions.
It would seem That we were held In the power.
We were held up in traffic because of this escort.
Together we were held by God.
We were held against our will for fourteen hours.
Only reason we were not there, we were held up in traffic.
We were held up at the checkpoint for nearly two hours.
My apologies for being late ; we were held up in traffic.
We were held up for a long time.
We were on the way to the studio … when we were held up.
We were held and cuddled until we fell asleep.
We were not resisting. We were held hostage by Piscatella.
We were held up in the traffic jam.
Where is the strongbox? we were held up by the resistance, general!
We were held together by more than.
Sorry we couldn't be here earlier, but we were held up on the way.
We felt as if we were held hostage with no outside communications.
We were locked in an underground cell in Block 11. We were held in secret.
For so long we were held together by our mother.
But the milk trucks just went out. - We were held up.
We were held up at the gate.
Captain, we were held up.
We were held in the same lab.
We came from Rouen… and we were held up, in a cutting.
We were held up by police officers.
On my way here, Your Majesty, we were held up by students from the university.
We were held out in traffic.
On our way here, Your Majesty, we were held up by students from the university.
We were held in a confederate prison.
Colonel, did your party reach Wexford? We were held a while at Arklow, General.
We were held hostages together.
Oh, it 's fine . It 's not like we were held at gunpoint or anything.
We were held up in traffiic.
What took you so long? - We were held up.

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