Withhold

//wɪθˈhoʊld//

"Withhold" in a Sentence (20 examples)

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord.

"What Myrmidon, or who / of stern Ulysses' warriors can withhold / his tears, to tell such things, as thou would'st have re-told?"

"Ten days the seer, as shrinking to reply / or name a victim, did the doom withhold."

"To thee, yea, thee, fierce miscreant", he cried, / may Heaven, if Heaven with righteous eyes behold / so foul an outrage and a deed so bold, / ne'er fail a fitting guerdon to ordain, / nor worthy quittance for thy crime withhold, / whose hand hath made me see my darling slain, / and dared with filial blood a father's eyes profane."

“Do not dispute over the truth with someone who does not know the truth; but from the person who is eager to know the truth, do not withhold words from him”

But if thou refuse, and withhold them still: Behold my hand shall be upon thy fields; and a very grievous murrain upon thy horses, and asses, and camels, and oxen, and sheep.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withhold funding to the World Health Organization is drawing criticism from world leaders, as coronavirus infections exceed 2 million worldwide.

He has a tendency to withhold emotions.

A common union-busting technique is to give non-union employees a surprise raise that you withhold from union employees, even though you wouldn't have given the raises out if the union weren't there in the first place.

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The bank withheld her credit card.

withhold vital information

a withheld phone number

I’ll withhold from asking about it.

Do you wish to proceed with those down the line in that order? […] We’ll withhold for now.

On the assumption that a vast majority of readers also enjoy writing, I could not withhold from asking the expert for some advice.

Maria Goldberg, marketing director for Great Southern Restaurants, said The Fish House in Pensacola, so far, has been able to withhold from raising menu prices.

I was afraid to go into review for the help I needed because of the withholds I had against the organization, withholds acquired at the franchise: our late evening discussions, our kidding around at the expense of other Scientologists.

Dianetics is concerned with purifying the individual of negative emotions, evil spirits, overts, and withholds.

The scientology theory is that marriages fail because one or both partners have undisclosed withholds, and when they confess these to their spouse their desire to end the relationship is dissipated and the marriage is saved.

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