The hard work done, it took a matter of moments to cut through the strap holding her left hand.

I was worried the straps holding the bed to the wall would snap.

In the gloom, however, it was impossible to tell whether the straps still held or not.

Other straps held her upright when she was too weary to do that for herself.

For- tunately, the straps held him pretty much in place.

Gaidar could only hope that the straps held his weight.

Three straps held the criniet in place around the neck.

The places where the straps had held him against the ship's vibrations were deeply black and blue.

Fortunately, the straps held him pretty much in place.