Then,a hard cast may be put around the area of the break to hold the bone in place while it heals.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Or it could have been used to hold the shape of the shoe while it was not being worn.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Roosevelt was forty-two years old -- the youngest man ever to hold the office of president of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

It began as part of the effort for the United States to hold the nineteen ninety-four World Cup competition.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

At the age of thirty-three, he became one of the youngest doctors in the United States to hold that position.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down,down, just like one of those poor,tired leaves."

VOA: special.2009.08.01

Thompson said the port of San Francisco was big enough to hold all the navies of the world.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Bill and his men had so many cattle that they needed all of New Mexico to hold them.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

They form when plants hold sand in the outer parts of the dune but the center of the dune continues to move.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

That is what you use to hit nails into the pieces of wood to hold them together.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

Another common expression, to hold water, is about the strength or weakness of an idea,opinion or argument.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

This may cause people to hold the smoke in their lungs longer than smokers of other products.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

Mike Henry has sold his invention to hundreds of people, mainly small farmers who also hold other jobs -- just as he does.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

Grafting continues to hold an important place in agriculture even in an age of modern genetic engineering.

VOA: special.2010.05.18