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• The omnibenevolent God, by definition, was unable to withhold forgiveness from his people.From the entry omnibenevolent
• It seems unreasonable for our boss to withhold our wages.From the entry for
• His withheld hand stared down at my weakly outstretched one.From the entry withheld
• The names originally withheld from the report, have been leaked.From the entry withheld
• It forces you to withhold being wealthy to gain conviction first.2021 October 12, Dawdu M. Amantanah, “Taking The Orange Pill: A Theory Or Reality?”, in Bitcoin Magazine, archived from the original on 03…. From the entry orange pill
• “OMB withheld funds for a policy reason, which is not permitted under the Impoundment Control Act.2020 January 16, Jeremy Herb, “Government watchdog concludes Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid”, in CNN. From the entry OMB
• Anyone who leaves has committed “overts” (harmful acts) against the church and is withholding them.2019 October 17, Thomas C. Tobin, Joe Childs, “Part 1 — Scientology: The Truth Rundown”, in Tampa Bay Times. From the entry overt
• The belief that a cure for cancer is being withheld by vested interests is a long-standing one.2016 January 26, David Robert Grimes, “On the Viability of Conspiratorial Beliefs”, in PLOS One, volume 11, number 1, archived from the…. From the entry deus ex machina
• Withholding knowledge in a situation where it could be useful can be considered antipower.2005, Adriana Elisa Parra Bermúdez, Values Based Education in Community Development: A Colombian Case Study. From the entry antipower
• If you think I withheld the ransom for the glory of France, you're all wet.1966, Robert Hogan, Saint Jane. From the entry all wet
• The withholding was not a programmatic delay.2020 January 16, Jeremy Herb, “Government watchdog concludes Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid”, in CNN. From the entry OMB
• “I withheld truth, but I did not lie.” “Tomayto, tomahto.”2014, C.E. Murphy, Shaman Rises, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 282. From the entry tomayto, tomahto
• Weiler withheld final judgment on the customer ultra-care he was suddenly receiving from orange-aproned note-takers and a sports-jacketed executive.2007 May 25, Mike Tierney, “Complaints: Vents on stock, service”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, volume 59, number 145, page G5. From the entry sports-jacketed
• Moreover, herbal remedies are often applied as automedication, and patients withhold the information that they have used them.2006, Erwin Kuntz, Hans-Dieter Kuntz, “Drug-induced liver damage”, in Hepatology: Principles and Practice, 2nd edition, Heidelberg…. From the entry hepatotoxicity
• The market is comparatively liquid and the bonds are free of withholding tax if the funds are used overseas.1998, Business Review Weekly: BRW. From the entry kangaroo
• That has prompted leaders of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association to threaten to withhold support for the Mayor's re-election bid.1996 February 6, Clifford Krauss, “New York's Thin, Angry Blue Line”, in New York Times, retrieved 26 Dec 2012. From the entry good graces
• Maggie was always single, always withheld. . . .1915, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 13, in The Rainbow. From the entry enclosedness
• The church is obligated to make such people come clean, Hubbard said, because withholding overts against Scientology can lead to suicide or death by disease.2019 October 17, Thomas C. Tobin, Joe Childs, “Part 1 — Scientology: The Truth Rundown”, in Tampa Bay Times. From the entry overt
• Theresa May has told MPs the UK could withhold payment of its £39bn Brexit "divorce bill" if a deal is not reached with Brussels.2018 September 13, Alec McGuinness, “Theresa May says UK might not pay Brexit 'divorce bill' in 'no-deal' scenario”, in Sky News. From the entry divorce bill
• In the holdback methods, a sample of the observations is withheld (the holdback sample) while the remaining observations are used to train a neural net.2016, Ian Cox, Marie A. Gaudard, Mia L. Stephens, Visual Six Sigma: Making Data Analysis Lean, page 495. From the entry holdback
• Forbidding alcohol, eliminating visits to neighbors at night, and withholding adequate food, shelter, and clothing also were measures taken to prevent drapetomania.2008, Frederick T. Leong, Encyclopedia of Counseling - Volume 2, →ISBN. From the entry drapetomania
• If the service is rotten and the meal a disaster, we should withhold a tip and explain why we are doing so.2007 January 22, Philip Howard, “Modern Manners”, in The Times. From the entry chutzpah
• By withholding information, thereby abnegating the textual strategies of the storyteller by undercoding the text, Calvino augments the duties of the concerned reader.2006, Franco Ricci, Difficult Games: A Reading of I Racconti by Italo Calvino, →ISBN, page 110. From the entry undercode
• Others understand community policing as a style of community integration in which the beat cop specifically withholds enforcement as a way to build community contacts.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order. From the entry beat cop
• Accordingly, credit enhancement was provided by a 7.5 percent "holdback" whereby the purchasers withheld 7.5 percent of the purchase price at the closing.1991, James A. Rosenthal, Juan M. Ocampo, Securitization of Credit: Inside the New Technology of Finance. From the entry holdback
• People usually are not ignorant from choice; but often they are uninformed if clarifying facts are inaccessible or deliberately withheld from them by protocratic minorities.1940, Douglas Gilbert Haring, Mary Elizabeth Johnson, Order and Possibility in Social Life, page 422. From the entry protocratic
• Miss Raste was encouraged to be entirely confidential, to withhold nothing even about herself, by the confidence-inspiring and kindly aspect of Elsie’s face.1923, Arnold Bennett, chapter II, in Riceyman Steps, London: Cassell, Part 5, page 241. From the entry confidential
• For a moment this confession failed to bring its reward, and something was said about punishing wilful waste by withholding the coveted doughnuts.1904 December, Samuel Slocombe, “Ethel’s Babies”, in Overland Monthly […], volume XLIV, number 6, San Francisco, Calif.: Overland Monthly…. From the entry do'nut
• The Brexit party revealed plans today to slash the foreign aid budget and withhold the £39billion so-called 'divorce bill' from the EU if it takes power.2019 November 1, David Wilcock, “Cut the foreign aid budget and don't give Brussels a penny of the £39billion 'divorce bill' - the Brexit…. From the entry divorce bill
• Jem’s face showed brief indecision on the ethics of withholding his own dime, but his innate courtesy won and he shifted his dime to his pocket.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry qualm
• Nor, save for a circumstance presently to be named, could even the Abbess's sullen curiosity have withheld a meed of admiration as the panorama unfolded itself before her.1904, Stanley J. Weyman, “V. The Captain of Vlaye”, in The Abbess of Vlaye. From the entry meed

Meaning of withhold

1. verb To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
2. verb To keep (information, assent, etc.) to oneself rather than revealing it.
3. verb To stay back, to refrain.

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How do you use withhold in a sentence?

Withhold is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The bank withheld her credit card.”

What is a short sentence with withhold?

“withhold vital information”

What does withhold mean?

Withhold means to keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.