Read full poem →Whither runn'st thou, that men and women love not?
Hold in thy rosy horses that they move not. 10
Ere thou rise, stars teach seamen where to sail,
Dictionary Entry
To keep to oneself; to prevent from escaping.
In a Sentence
“to hold in laughter, or one's emotions”
Origin
From Old English 'holdan' meaning 'to keep' plus the preposition 'in'.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “hold in”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And often launched our bark upon that sea
Which the nine Muses hold in empery,
And ploughed free furrows through the wave and foam,
Read full poem →By what enchantment does this lovely Greek
Hold in her chains the captivated sultan?
He tires his fav'rites with Irene's praise,
Read full poem →gate of the castle that was called Impregnable was beaten open, and
broken into several splinters, and so a way made to go up to the hold in
which Diabolus had hid himself. Then were tidings sent down to Ear-gate,
Read full poem →And one can hold in thought that nightly here
His phantom may draw down to the water’s brim,
Read full poem →And your sweet semblance to some other give:
So should that beauty which you hold in lease
Find no determination; then you were