How to use "held" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "held" in popular movie and book plots

  • An election is held in which Mannie, Wyoh, and the Professor are elected (possibly by the intervention of Mike).  - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
  • It will be decades before she can complete the transfer of the knowledge held in the Egg, so he must go alone.  - Glory Road
  • Kazim tells him that Henry is being held in Castle Brunwald on the Austrian-German border.  - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • There, Miller is attacked by Sherudo, a trained knife thrower, and guns him down, only to find Rachel held at gunpoint by Dog.  - Time Crisis (video game)
  • Tuco and Blondie travel to Sad Hill, now held by Union troops on one side of a strategic bridge against the advancing Confederate troops.  - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Lee finds the nerve to burst into a house where several villagers are held captive, shooting the bandits guarding them.  - The Magnificent Seven
  • She visits Lecter, who is now being held in a cage-like cell in a Tennessee courthouse, and asks for the truth.  - The Silence of the Lambs (film)
  • She acquits Edward of blame and pities him for being held to a loveless engagement by his sense of honour.  - Sense and Sensibility
  • A space burial is held in the Enterprise torpedo room and Spock's coffin is shot into orbit around the new planet.  - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  • Osama bin Laden held Hazmi and Mihdhar in high respect, with their experience fighting during the 1990s in Bosnia and elsewhere.  - Nawaf al-Hazmi
  • Mallory is held in solitary confinement elsewhere in the prison, awaiting her transport to the mental hospital.  - Natural Born Killers
  • Above the planet Gammu, Taraza is captured and held hostage by the Honored Matres aboard an Ixian no-ship.  - Heretics of Dune
  • That evening, a ritual dance to appease Godzilla is held during which the reporter learns that the locals used to sacrifice young girls.  - Godzilla (1954 film)
  • ", a phrase he was tortured into repeating while held hostage.  - Escape from New York
  • Batman arrives at the lair, where Robin and Chase are held as hostages.  - Batman Forever
  • The duel with pistols is held in a tithe barn.  - Barry Lyndon

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