How to Use withhold in a Sentence

withhold

verb
  • She was accused of withholding evidence.
  • She has $20 withheld from her paycheck every week.
  • His name is being withheld due to his age.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • One of them ,Ivy, withheld her last name out of fear.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • His name is being withheld due to his age.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
  • Democrats have pledged to withhold funds unless they are reined in.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • In a drought, grasses withhold their seeds.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Their faces have been blurred and their names have been withheld for their safety.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 18 May 2026
  • Their faces have been blurred and their names have been withheld for their safety.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The job of the actor is to reveal, that of the spy to withhold.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
  • As a result, books and films are withheld from students for months on end.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The suspect’s name is being withheld due to his young age.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That’s not a sign of him withholding his opinion, though.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a scarcity mind-set in withholding a song.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
  • One thing the two-time campaign arm won’t threaten to withhold is his largesse on the trail.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 June 2026
  • None of this is enough to withhold the benefit of the doubt from the bulls for now, of course.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Her name was withheld for safety reasons.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The city withheld at least some amount of money for a fourth of the invoices.
    — Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The name of the officer who brought the complaint was withheld from the records.
    — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The cadets’ names were withheld for privacy.
    — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Ashley asked that her last name be withheld to protect her safety.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But many had high hopes for the therapy and didn’t want to withhold it from a control group.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Trump, who has threatened to withhold federal funds, has loomed over the race.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Trip details and schedules were withheld until the last minute.
    — John Ruwitch, NPR, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The suspect's name is being withheld because of his age.
    — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Are writers withholding their best jokes?
    — Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Word could have been sent to her by pony express but my uncle — her brother — saw fit to withhold it.
    — Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The identity of the boy was withheld by police.
    — Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Limp Bizkit, so far, have withheld any answers.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Her last name is being withheld to not identify her son, who was a minor at the time.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026

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