How to Use hold together in a Sentence

hold together

phrasal verb
Definition of hold togethernext
  • The skirt had the same lace down the split in front, held together by buttons.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 2 May 2023
  • Just sent it through the wash and still holds together great!
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 8 Aug. 2023
  • For an egg wash and to make the sausage hold together better.
    — Laura Kanya, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Some of the church’s drums were held together by black tape after the mob punched holes in them.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • For smooth cakes that hold together, be sure to slice the onion very thinly.
    — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023
  • We had been wrung out by the Basin, and Matt looked like a skeleton held together with skin.
    — Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The dessert is baked in 4-inch ramekins until the middle just starts to hold together.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
  • The silicone gasket mount holds together the board and the switch plate.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2024
  • They were held together by bullpen games before the break.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • The dress was complete with a keyhole held together by a gold clasp.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Kozlov was held together with Jan and Ziv the entire eight months.
    — David Isaac, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2024
  • Weft bundles are multiple pieces of loose hair held together at the top by a strip.
    — Annie Blay, Allure, 16 Apr. 2024
  • But there’s no doubting that those skills are what help hold together the vast tonal and stylistic range of her music.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Their job, said Ashwin Vasan, the city’s health commissioner, is to be the glue that holds together the pieces of a fractured life.
    — Andy Newman Hiroko Masuike, New York Times, 3 May 2023
  • Bring the dough together with your hands until the clumps hold together.
    — Martin Sorge, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Heck, it may well be held together with duct tape, bailing wire and chewing gum.
    — Rob Day, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The project is a musical film held together by the thinnest of narratives.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Just a puck of coffee held together by a food-safe coating of seaweed.
    — Jaina Grey, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people.
    — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Salty drinking snacks are the threads that hold together the fabric of society.
    — Ellen Fort, Saveur, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Slowly add 2 cups of water and knead until the dough holds together and does not tear when pressed, about 7 minutes.
    — Karla Tatiana Vasquez, Saveur, 29 May 2024
  • Now it’s held together with electrical tape and sail tape.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
  • The cutouts were held together by the Italian fashion house's iconic gold safety pins.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2023
  • Add more water and keep stirring until the mixture holds together when squeezed in your hand.
    — Kenneth Setzer, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The bra, held together in the center by a small silver hoop, had the brand’s iconic monogram pattern printed all over.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Can’t wait to see what our future holds together as a married couple!
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
  • His right ankle was fractured, held together by a few strands of tissue.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The melting permafrost, which once held together the soft ground into which the road had been chiseled, is set to continue.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
  • For example, genes that are active tend to be on loops of DNA, with the two ends of the loop held together by proteins; the same is true for inactive genes.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 July 2024
  • Ryder plays the character as barely held together, gulping down pills and snapping at anyone who says the name of the demon who tried to marry her at the end of the first film.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024

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