held-back

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held back

Synonyms

tied saved suspended delayed reserved confined checked degraded holden restrained oppressed inhibited stifled repressed smothered
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Examples

Another 8 percent of the interviewees wished to return to the battle but were “being held back by family opposition,” mostly by their wives. Source: Internet

ATHENS: After Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque reopened for worship, Muslims in Athens fear their own official place of worship, delayed for over a decade, will be held back again. Source: Internet

At some distance from the Sun, the supersonic solar wind will be held back from further expansion by the interstellar wind. Source: Internet

Biblical Fact, no sugar coating, nothing held back. Source: Internet

At the end of the school year, Rose's teachers decreed he would have to attend summer school or be held back. Source: Internet

“And we’ve held back from doing so over, and over, and over, while others have. Source: Internet

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held back

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held up held with held within heldentenor helder Helderman