184 examples of held over in sentences

To hasten the cooking of the eggs, a salamander may be held over them for a minute; but great care must be taken that they are not too much done.

But a secret charm which John held over the young peer was his profound respect and unvarying affection for his youngest sister, Emily.

The band is tied loosely about the limb, the hard body is held over the artery to be constricted, and a stick is inserted beneath the band on the opposite side of the limb and used to twist the band in such a way that the limb is tightly constricted thereby, and the hard body thus made to compress the artery (Fig. 160).

Held over the wire, down which Joe would in a moment slide, was a row of fiery circles!

As you are no doubt aware, it is contrary to its rule to examine more than three persons in one day, and an unusually difficult case, held over from yesterday, has upset all its arrangements.

The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University; so about the last of September I bade farewell to the friends and scenes of my boyhood and boarded a train for the South.

And when the palm began to think about thirst a fit of trembling went through its high stem, and the innumerable fronds of its long leaves curled up as if held over a fire.

Lighted torches were repeatedly held over the vessel's side to summon a pilot; no pilot, however, made his appearance, and we were therefore obliged to trust to chance, and anchor at the mouth of the bay.

Owing to a delayed train, her counsel was late yesterday in receiving some necessary papers, and it was feared the decision would have to be held over; but Judge Toomey, who is a personal friend of Mr. Moffatt's, held a night session and rushed it through so that the happy couple could have the knot tied and board their special in time for Mrs. Moffatt to spend Thanksgiving in New York with her aged parents.

From the car windows hardly any part of the slender structure can be seen, and the train seems to be held over the foaming torrent by some invisible support, yet hundreds of trains have passed over it, the winds of many storms have torn at its members, heat and cold have tried by expansion and contraction to rend it apart, yet the bridge is as strong as ever.

It is a custom with the men when they smoke to offer the pipe to the ghost, at the same time asking it to confer some favor on them, or aid them in their work or in hunting, &c. There is a feast held over this bundle containing the ghost of the deceased, given by the friends of the dead man.

A thermometer held over the umu of Papa Ita at a height of six feet registered 282 degrees Fahrenheit.

Little could she dream, in her simplicity, what a power she held over the man who seemed to her an object of such awful veneration.

If the moth be held over the bottle for ten minutes it will show signs of collapse and offer to go quietly.

It was raining a little, so I held over us the big umbrella, which grannie had sent, while we discussed the weather, to the effect that rain was badly needed and was a great novelty nowadays, and it was to be hoped it would continue.

They sat with their gloves held over their eyes, trying to look under them and meet that light.

A common burner held over such a hot air shaft burns far more brightly and whitely.

" "Seeing the drawn sword held over him he was much alarmed, and said: 'I must have been mad to act as I did and reject such a son-in-law; I will now acknowledge you, and you shall duly marry my daughter.'

"The Sharp-shinned Hawk, and the Great Horned Owl are held over for further trial!" answered Judge Eagle.

The glittering sword is whet and held over them, and the pit hath opened her mouth under them.

He seemed to fear that Gabriel would read his thoughts, with that irresistible power that from boyhood he had held over him.

"Mother," said the master, "more hoe-cake, more bacon," and the obedient woman "slapped" a lot of corn dough on to the blade of a common hoe which a girl held over the "fat-wood" fire until it browned; another tossed some smoked hog into an suspicious looking skillet, and soon, in spite of the slovenly cooking, we "fell to" in a desperate attempt to smother the gnawing pangs of a long-suffering appetite.

And so she kept on, diverting me, for Margray had some vague idea that my crying would bring my mother; and she'd not have her know of her talk with Angus, for the world;marriage after marriage would not lighten the rod of iron that Mrs. Strathsay held over her girls' lives, I ween.

Not many months before, he had been the target of much ridicule, being held over-anxious about a coming storm.

The chief difference between Troubadour and Gregorian music lies in the fact that the former was syllabic in character; in other words, one note was not held over several syllables, though several notes might be sung upon one syllable.

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