How to Use holdout in a Sentence

holdout

1 of 2 noun

• He says he might be a holdout at the start of the next season if the team doesn't agree to pay him more.
• He is expected to end his three-week holdout and join the team tomorrow.
• A few holdouts still use typewriters, but nearly everybody uses computers now.
• The largest group of holdouts, of course, are folks 65 and older.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2023
• But who will be the final holdout, the last bastion of the DIY gearbox?
  — Steven Ewing, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2023
• Some of the holdouts moved their tents to locations just outside the 41.18 zones.
  — David Zahniser, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023
• The one holdout was Ronn Hall, who’s said the city should limit the number of tattoo shops.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
• Kupchak said the Hornets had no holdouts on the decision to take Miller.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 23 June 2023
• The results show Jordan still has a lot of work to do to persuade holdouts.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
• And that seemed to make the business side and the holdout a little more difficult.
  — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
• The Mustang remains the only true car in Ford's lineup, the lone holdout in a range of crossovers and trucks.
  — Sam Smith, Car and Driver, 24 July 2023
• The one holdout was Latina and seemed to be about thirty, Dunn recalled.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2024
• Adding a quirky ad during Super Bowl is just par for the course for this holdout from a bygone era.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
• The one holdout was Councilmember Michelle Metschel, who felt the task force should have more time to respond to concerns.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
• The holdouts are two of the biggest automakers in the world: Volkswagen and Toyota.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2023
• Gaetz was one of the last holdouts during the interminable rounds of votes for House speaker in January.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
• In the time since, Gaetz has praised some of McCarthy’s overtures to the right flank of his caucus, highlighting concessions made to the holdouts.
  — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2023
• If Elliott didn’t end the holdout, Pollard would have become the No. 1 back for that season opener.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Ben Simmons missed all of last season between a holdout and a back injury.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2022
• The holdout state then has an incentive to keep the revenue from ticket purchases in its own state.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 9 Nov. 2022
• Yet there are holdouts among GOP hard-liners who insist on even more spending cuts.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• There is one holdout — a very young Harold Cooper (Ruffin Prentiss).
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 May 2023
• Even the Bank of Japan, which has been a holdout in keeping interest rates super-low this year, this week made moves that would allow some rates to rise a bit.
  — Damian J. Troise, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2022
• Reddit was one of the few holdouts that hadn’t yet announced any major staff reductions.
  — Edward Ludlow, Fortune, 6 June 2023
• But there are still a number of notable holdouts — although that could shift dramatically in the days to come.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 5 July 2023
• But momentum is not on Jordan’s side, as meetings between the Trump ally and his holdouts have gone south.
  — Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 23 Oct. 2023
• And holdouts, like the one All-Pro defensive lineman Chris Jones is staging, are nothing new in high-stakes football.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2023
• But if either player locks up a big extension this offseason, then maybe the holdouts just might be worth it.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 26 July 2023
• Sunset Sound is among the last holdouts of a once-thriving music-business ecosystem that is taking its last gasps.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• Nearly all who have lost have conceded, making Lake the most high-profile holdout.
  — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 1 Dec. 2022

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hold out

2 of 2 verb

• Now stretch your arm out in front of you and hold out your thumb.
  — WIRED, 11 Oct. 2022
• But the actor had held out hope that his name would be cleared.
  — Erin Nolan, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• To that end, Mr. Malik asks the women to hold out their hands.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
• Even today, the father of one of the boys presumed to have died in the fire still holds out hope.
  — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023
• But does the trend—and the Command strips’ stick—really hold out?
  — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2023
• Still, LeRoy held out hope for this year’s snow season.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Some are holding out hope for the best in an uncertain time.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
• Lankford held out hope that a middle ground can be reached.
  — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
• And the loser of the rivalry game at 11-1 probably would hold out hope to get in.
  — Ralph D. Russo, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
• As for the duo’s other mystery, Marling holds out hope for that too.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
• Can’t hold out until the next season of The Crown arrives later this year?
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2022
• Even after that update, a few East Coast states held out.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• Some buyers who have held out are tired of waiting, Epps said.
  — Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
• Rozier played through a neck injury, but he was held out of the fourth quarter.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024
• Catch it in theaters, pre-order it through Prime Video, or hold out for the movie to hit Netflix.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 24 Jan. 2023
• The 36-year-old Horford was held out as expected and should be ready for Tuesday’s matchup with the Kings.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
• Despite the abundance of leaks, fans still hold out hope for bombshells every time Tim Cook takes the stage.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 3 Oct. 2022
• The question remains just how long the Russian forces can, or will, hold out in Kherson.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2022
• Kyle Tucker may very well hold out for free agency, though that is still three years away.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 19 Dec. 2022
• Kevin Williamson is holding out hope for Neve Campbell's returns to Scream.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
• Palestinian militiamen in the camp held out for three-and-a-half days.
  — Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2023
• The couple's other daughter, Lyla, 3, stood next to her dad, who held out his hand to one of the animals to feed them.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
• But that hasn’t deterred voters abroad from holding out hope.
  — Anna Chernova, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
• The question is whether those efforts hold out while demand remains high.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
• But fans are still holding out for her ninth studio album.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
• For now, the remaining students are holding out for something to change.
  — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
• Plowden chose to return to the shelter with her children — to hold out for someplace better.
  — Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• Since the Academy can be more cinephile-friendly in its picks than the precursors, fans held out hope for a stray acting nod or two.
  — Vulture, 23 Jan. 2024
• McDermott made the call to hold out Araiza from playing against Carolina.
  — CBS News, 27 Aug. 2022
• Apatow joked that his agents told him to hold out for more money for his fifth time as host of the DGA ceremony.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Feb. 2024

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