holden
verb
a past participle of hold.
holden
1 American
[hohl-duhn]
/ ˈhoʊl dən /
verb
Archaic.
Holden
2
American
[hohl-duhn]
/ ˈhoʊl dən /
noun
holden
British
/ ˈhəʊldən /
verb
Example Sentences
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Long before we see it, it was there, but our eyes were holden.
From Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
Looking back over the Divine life and deeds of Jesus, St Peter said: “It was not possible that He should be holden of death.”
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
His eyes were holden that he saw not.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
It could only be holden in Westphalia, and almost exclusively at Dortmund or Arensberg.
From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas
But though so near, our eyes were holden that we could not see them, and we thought we should have to leave without even a sight of the Jungfrau.
From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
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