How to pronounce hold
Listen to hold in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“hold” 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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(Gonorrhea) Hold it, hold it!
National Archives · watch from 3:09 · hear it here
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And hold accountable cyber And hold accountable cyber criminal And hold accountable cyber criminals And hold
Dept of Justice · watch from 9:08 · hear it here
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>> it open. Yeah, >> Hold hold it.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 42:20 · hear it here
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Two of you hold this. Hold on.
NOAA · watch from 2:09 · hear it here
Why real speech
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