withhold
verb (used with object)
to hold back; restrain or check.
had withheld
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past perfectof withhold.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When asked about the names of officials who had withheld information from the public, Mamdani said, "this goes across a multitude of those that New Yorkers have trusted."
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The prosecution has been in turmoil since Baldwin’s case collapsed in July amid revelations that Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies and a special prosecutor had withheld potential evidence from the actor-producer’s lawyers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
Attorneys for the Innocence Project New Orleans presented evidence that detectives and prosecutors in the case had withheld critical information before Adams’ 1990 conviction.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
Administrator Deanne Criswell told a House hearing Sept. 19 that the agency had withheld $1.5 billion from states since the restrictions began.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023
I did not know then that the Courters had withheld something that Gay had found along with my pictures in the files: letters from my mother, Aunt Leanne, and Dusty.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
