Example Sentences

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Two journalists still working for RFE/RL in Afghanistan, whose names I am withholding for their safety, described to me the horrors they have faced over the past year.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022

And though I’m as prone to melancholy as every other person I know, I don’t find it plausible that I am withholding, or absent on account of mood — another favored theory.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2019

My parents look normal from the outside, so they demonize me to the family and make me look like I am withholding important time with their only grandchild.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2013

“I am withholding judgment,” the President told reporters.

From Time • Nov. 15, 2012

Once in a while now, he is very inquisitive, evidently thinking that I am withholding something from him.

From From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)