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.
• Manchin, the other key holdout, has not yet offered much about his views on the proposal.
  — Manu Raju, CNN, 30 Oct. 2021
• Still, there is some idealistic holdout in my heart of hearts yearning for a day of nothing at all.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
• He’s one of two key holdout senators whose votes are needed to secure the deal and push it toward passage.
  — Time, 1 Nov. 2021
• Deters was a holdout -- either for not guilty or undecided -- until Doud spoke of intent.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 28 Oct. 2021
• Graham reportedly tried to encourage the final holdouts to support the change.
  — Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
• The largest group of holdouts, of course, are folks 65 and older.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2023
• The problem for Biden is that there’s no way to turn the spotlight away from the two holdout Democrats.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
• 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
• Some close to Biden say the only holdout to the broader pact is Netanyahu.
  — Massimo Calabresi / Washington, TIME, 4 June 2024
• 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
• The fall of the final holdout for Ukrainian troops in the region will shift the landscape of the war, the adviser cautioned.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 3 July 2022
• 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
• Hawaii is the last holdout, and will stop enforcing masks later this month.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2022
• Southwest Airlines, a major holdout, will join the club next year.
  — Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
• Which is how the Boeddekers became the last holdout on Anschutz’s 732-mile route.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
• The one holdout is an employee who is leaving soon and didn’t want to get wrapped up in the unionization process, Grob added.
  — Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 May 2022
• There was one new case in Western Australia, the country’s last holdout of the Covid-zero approach.
  — Ainslie Chandler, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2021
• 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

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hold out

2 of 2 verb

• The Afghans’ job was now to hold out for a few months and then die in place.
  — George Packer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2022
• Meanwhile, in the present, Sandra’s children hold out hope.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 18 Jan. 2022
• Fans awaiting new music from 50 Cent might have to hold out a little longer.
  — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2024
• The city is the largest in South Florida to hold out on getting the devices.
  — Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021
• Kahle’s statue carries a book in one hand and a computer mouse in the other, the latter held out like an offering.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
• Slip this flower ring feeder over a finger, sprinkle some nectar in the center, and hold out your hand for a friend to flutter by for a bite.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
• Yet James, who scored 34 points in 34 minutes against the Suns, continues to hold out hope.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021
• Still, most homeowners are holding out for mortgage rates to drop below 6% before deciding to move.
  — Peter Green, Quartz, 6 Oct. 2024
• Zalatoris began the third round six shots off the lead, and hold out from 39 yards for eagle on the second hole Friday.
  — Greg Beacham, ajc, 29 Jan. 2022
• Each center received a total of 2,000 kits, so supplies were limited to two per person as long as supplies hold out.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Dec. 2021
• Thanks in part to government pandemic-response efforts, savings rates are way up over the past two years, giving some chunk of the potential workforce more time to hold out for the right offer.
  — Rob Walker, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
• These techniques hold out the hope of making minimally invasive, life-saving therapies available to people who might not otherwise have known of their cancers until much later.
  — Siddhartha Mukherjee, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
• Like other homeowners, Bednar has had to constantly decide between the ideal and the expedient: use what’s available to get the job done or hold out for the best long-term solution?
  — Joanne Cleaver, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2021
• Now stretch your arm out in front of you and hold out your thumb.
  — WIRED, 11 Oct. 2022
• Durie held out a bottle of rum and urged Holt to take a swig.
  — Eric Jay Dolin, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
• 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
• Was Ukraine expected to hold out for this long in the east?
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 16 June 2022
• 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
• But the couple weren’t sure how long their money would hold out.
  — Mirzahussain Sadid, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2022
• As for those Station 19 fans holding out hope for the show to be saved, well, this isn't a great sign.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 12 June 2024
• Some are holding out hope for the best in an uncertain time.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
• But don’t hold out hopes for a quick fix with a gas tax holiday.
  — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 21 June 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024