hold out造句

hold out an [the] olive branch

Doctors hold out little hope of her recovering.

Our food supplies will hold out for another week.

I don't hold out much hope for his cooperation.

Peter asked,"How long will our food supplies hold out

To hold out until the last minute, capital is a successful man.

So we don't hold out much hope that they will respond positively to the latest findings.

I can't hold out much longer-I must find a 1oo.

“There is no rampart that will hold out against malice” (Molière).

For example, they hold out their hands to pull a rope, but serious eyes staring at you.

Now then - hold out your hands and close your eyes. And imagine our future price ing !

Indeed, some may decide to hold out for a higher price when the market improves, says Narayanan.

After a minute or two, the same voice cried, "Get under the window and hold out your hat!"

The principle of "lady first" also applies to hand -shaking, and you should hold out your hand after a lady stretching out hers.

Do one thing is not difficult, rare is to insist on; is not difficult, difficult also to hold out the stick it out.

If you don't want to hold out your hand to the sky and expect someone to lead me along, you'll just wait, you won't hold your fists, you won't have the strength to rush forward and you won't stop waiting.

They managed to hold out for 17 days but the Japanese force of around 60, 000 eventually proved too much for them and they were forced to surrender.

Neither a religious sense of a certain moral validity in the previous union nor a conscientious wish for candour could hold out against it much longer.

Cisco has thus far been able to resist lowering prices, but it's not clear how long Chambers and Co. can hold out.

Beautiful color and luster, ductility, hold out for long time the sex, bear the tired, bear the eclipse, as well have to stretchly.

People in shrouds were chewing away with that hopeless dejected look of beggars who hold out their hands in a trance and mumble an unintelligible appeal

The other greenwash favoured by coal-burners is to hold out the prospect that emissions will soon be cleaned up and buried under ground using carbon capture and storage.

Juventus are seven points clear at the top of Serie a and with just five games remaining second-placed Milan hold out little hope of catching the defending champions.

Reduce the hostile chiefs by inflicting damage on them; and make trouble for them, and keep them constantly engaged; hold out specious allurements,and make them rush to any given point.

So while her voice managed to hold out, her lack of stamina meant that the show was constantly interrupted for her to catch her breath with water breaks and bantering with the audience.

"There are four ways that I produce my work," explained Ben. "There is the traditional way, which is to simply draw the picture and hold out your hand with the scenery behind it."

I would think of the beggar in front of my home gate and the beggar who would hold out his hand to ask me for money, and now the old man is delighted only for a train ticket that has passed the utility period.

However, the true literature is you go far, walk away from the self, and suddenly hold out the hand to catch the gas, that is flowing, the nature of the other, no one of the other will not be the same.