Similar words: holdup, fold up, hold up, hold-up, build-up, buildup, build up, held. Meaning: adj. delayed or obstructed.
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(211) Crystal temples all over the Earth held up the Firmament.
(212) He walked past the couch to the open window, and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green.
(213) Nello held up the shaving cloth with an air of invitation.
(214) It should be golden or straw-colored, and crystal clear when held up to the light.
(215) Leading Hollywood figures including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola and Juliette Binoche condemned his arrest. Binoche held up Panahi's name in protest at Cannes.
(216) After the rape-murder, one of the squad is kidnapped by an insurgent group; in a video on the group's website, we see the soldier condemned to death, his throat slit, his severed head held up.
(217) As we see, Moses held up his hands as an act of intercessory prayer and dependence upon God, showing all the people the reality of this dependence.
(218) Yet, over our monthlong test, it offered terrific value: The fabric and stitching held up well against the pricier competition.
(219) In April, NATO supplies coming in through Kyrgyzstan's Manas transit center were held up by political unrest and then again by a tax dispute over the base in May.
(220) Though critics have often held up Disney as a symbol of American cultural colonisation, the company tweaks its products for new audiences.
(221) "Peter's nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors continues to be held up by a partisan minority in the Senate," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said.
(222) Held up in between two human fingers, this amazing two-headed African Spurred Tortoise is a rare sight to behold - and even evolutionist Charles Darwin would struggle to explain its unique deformity.
(223) The utility company even held up my bill to recheck the reading.
(224) Beckham said talks about renewing his contract are continuing after they were held up due to the change of chairman and coach at Real Madrid during the close season.
(225) And I was held up on the expressway for an entire hour.
(226) Even though corporate profits have held up well against expectations, top-line sales throughout the economy have been declining, which are ultimately not conducive for sustainable earnings.
(227) Half an hour later when I held up the bottle Crabby was, to my amazement, gone.
(228) The oxlip has the flat, pretty, open flowers of a primrose, but held up high above the plant, much more out there - a subtle creature making a flamboyant display.
(229) The process of judicial selection was held up to ridicule.
(230) He wore a collarless striped shirt, closed at the neck with a golden stud, and pants held up by suspenders.
(231) On some accounts the wheel represents a mirror held up by Yama to a dying person revealing the various possibilities for the next rebirth open to them.
(232) Only last week three unidentified men held up the Clydesdale Bank, at Clydebank, near Glasgow, shot two tellers dead and escaped.
(233) Without held up in the wide sea area, the reflection wave can be a strong interference to the direct wave, which is called multipath fading effects.
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(234) I can't imagine, after all the things I've done to my body and how well it has held up after all the brutalization , asking it to process toxins that it doesn't have to, the vibrant redhead says.
(235) He introduced an entirely new idea which cut the Gordian knot that had held up the Ricci-flow approach – -bearing on the central question of "collapsing" in Riemannian geometry.
(236) Ascending by the long white road that Tess herself had just laboured up, she saw a two-wheeled vehicle, beside which walked a man, who held up his hand to attract her attention.
(237) It should be golden or straw-coloured, and crystal clear when held up to the light.
(238) Only by taking inventory of everything you own can you tell how well or poorly your wealth has held up.
(239) At front left, one man held up a long pole fledged at the tip with chicken feathers to catch any sign of the wind.
(240) Work on the building site has been held up by bad weather.