HOLDING in Classic Quotes

1  I couldn't hold my breath any longer.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 4

2  He'd kill those reporters if he got hold of them.

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Context   In Chapter 7

3  "You ain't gonna die," I said, trying to hold my voice down.

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Context   In Chapter 8

4  We got hold of the president of one of their social clubs and had a war council.

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Context   In Chapter 5

5  I fought, but the hand at the back of my neck was strong and I had to hold my breath.

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Context   In Chapter 4

6  The nurses wouldn't tell us anything about Johnny and Dally, so Darry got hold of the doctor.

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Context   In Chapter 7

7  Johnny flipped out the razor-edge of his switch, took hold of my hair, and started sawing on it.

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Context   In Chapter 5

8  I had never been jumped, but I had seen Johnny after four Socs got hold of him, and it wasn't pretty.

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Context   In Chapter 1

9  I was thirsty and hungry, but my stomach was so uneasy I knew I wouldn't be able to hold anything down.

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Context   In Chapter 10

10  We pressed against the side, trying to hold our breath while we listened to the railroad workers walk up and down outside.

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Context   In Chapter 4

11  I managed to get hold of some hair grease and comb my hair back so that it looked a little better before they got any pictures.

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Context   In Chapter 7

12  I started toward them, holding the bottle the way Tim Shepard holds a switch--- out and away from myself, in a loose but firm hold.

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Context   In Chapter 12

13  I started toward them, holding the bottle the way Tim Shepard holds a switch--- out and away from myself, in a loose but firm hold.

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Context   In Chapter 12

14  Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in a while.

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Context   In Chapter 1

15  Curly, who was a tough, cool, hard-as-nails Tim in miniature, and I had once played chicken by holding our cigarette ends against each other's fingers.

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Context   In Chapter 9

16  Once, while Dallas was in reform school, Sylvia had started hanging on to Johnny and sweet talking him and Steve got hold of her and told her if she tried any of her tricks with Johnny he'd personally beat the tar out of her.

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Context   In Chapter 2

17  a dropout so he could get a job and keep me in school, and Darry, getting old before his time trying to run a family and hold on to two jobs and never having any fun--- while the Socs had so much spare time and money that they jumped us and each other for kicks, had beer blasts and river-bottom parties because they didn't know what else to do.

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Context   In Chapter 3