held

Modifies a noun

• sway: More recently, had the likes of Petty held sway, we might not have even started this season with league status to lose.
• captive: All needs of those held captive must be met.
• hostage: They were both held hostage for some years in the Lebanon, in conditions similar to those in the play.
• ambition: He was then able to pursue his long held ambition to become a Physical Training Instructor.
• belief: The discussion of the archeological evidence is helpful to show that some long held beliefs are not entirely valid.
• prisoner: In his early 60's, he is one of the longest held political prisoners in the world.

Modifying Another Word

• privately: Bookmark Base is a privately held, self-funded project with headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine.
• deeply: He said his vote was a matter of " deeply held principle " .

Used with adjective complement

• flock: Mixed flocks held Golden and Grey-throated Babblers and our first Sunda Warblers.