holden

¹

[hohl-duhn]

verb

Archaic.

1. a past participle of hold.

Holden

²

[hohl-duhn]

noun

1. a city in central Massachusetts.

holden

/ ˈhəʊldən /

verb

1. archaic,  a past participle of hold 1

Example Sentences

When Holden Caulfield tells his reader that he loves it when his classmates digress during a presentation, he says: “I don’t like it when somebody sticks to the point all the time. The boys that got the best marks in Oral Expression were the ones that stuck to the point all the time—I admit it.”

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Harvard-Westlake isn’t going anywhere, with the return of standout senior guard Joe Sterling, a Texas commit, senior center Dominique Bentho and guards Pierce Thompson, Amir Jones and Cole Holden.

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There was linebacker Holden Smyser and defensive linemen Max Meier and Will Mack, all of whom helped the defense stop Serra three out of four times on fourth downs in the fourth quarter.

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As Stuart Holden, World Cup midfielder turned Fox Sports analyst, noted, the change to a three-man backline solved many problems.

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Against Japan, Holden said, the center backs played with noticeable confidence and aggression.

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