How to pronounce held
Listen to held in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“held” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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information held as the information held.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 47:17 · hear it here
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that will be held over but again not held over for long, though be held over
Census Bureau · watch from 235:02 · hear it here
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are held accountable to hide to ensure that they are held accountable under the law held
Dept of Justice · watch from 14:28 · hear it here
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that that that might be held might be held out
FTC · watch from 24:39 · hear it here
Why real speech
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