Similar words: holdup, fold up, hold up, hold-up, build-up, buildup, build up, held. Meaning: adj. delayed or obstructed.
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(151) Springfield held up his hand for silence and the low murmur of talk died away completely.
(152) Before the interventions I was discussing the legality of existing measures and whether that had held up the introduction of traffic-calming measures.
(153) Companies making products for the Internet bucked the trend and held up well in the fourth quarter.
(154) He held up his arms to show the unfastened cuffs of his dress shirt sticking out from the sleeves of his jacket.
(155) More than a century later that unfulfilled promise is going to be held up for painful scrutiny.
(156) Even films being co-produced with state-owned companies and the military were held up or banned for unexplained reasons.
(157) As he passed the bar he briefly held up what Lucy assumed must be his warrant card.
(158) The men who held up the store were wearing Halloween masks.
(159) The peace negotiations were being held up by the delaying tactics of France and Great Britain.
(160) He had heavy army trousers held up with a huge leather belt and a thick army shirt.
(161) He forced an acid smile and held up two fingers.
(162) A ferocious-looking man whose tangled hair resembled the roof of his own tent held up to them a rough bowl.
(163) Like Mr Thompson they were held up at gunpoint by two men near their hotel.
(164) Joseph's father was reinforcing the posts that held up the wire netting around the tennis court.
(165) His lower half was engulfed in army-issue shorts held up by one of Francis's old school ties.
(166) If I am not held up too much, I will gladly give way to the hon. Gentleman.
(167) We got held up in traffic and missed the show.
(168) Vote paves way, page 2 News in brief: Ferries held up by gas leak.
(169) She held up her face to the pale sunshine, sniffing ecstatically at the salt air.
(170) Then the subway train was held up for twenty minutes.
(171) Work on the dam began in 1983 but was held up by economic and environmental objections.
(172) Signor Vitelli held up a hand.
(173) An accident held up the freeway.
(173) Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
(174) The invasion was held up by unexpectedly stout resistance.
(175) Our frontier guards held up under fierce enemy attack.
(176) His gloved hand held up a computer disk.
(177) And he held up a brown paper bag.
(178) Two masked men held up a mail van.
(179) Elliott Freemantle held up a hand self - righteously.
(180) The bank on this street was held up.