She held her hands out in an appeal for reason.

He held his hands out in an appeal for reason.

They really knew how to hold out in the old days.

He held out his hand with the form in it.

He held out a hand to me in the rain.

But they also said that the state should not hold out too long in its fight for a fair price.

The band held out in the States for almost two years.

The older man held out his hands in an appeal to reason.

You won't be able to hold them back out in open country, so you'd probably better not try.

He was holding a gun out in front of him.