Simple past tense and past participle of hold true.
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Held-true Sentence Examples
Historically, this held true and usually contributed to older sisters not having a claim to inheritance because of their gender.
Just as women turn to their favorite celebrities for style inspiration, the same held true in the 1980s.
This held true when platform shoes came back in the 1970s - women found they could run for the bus and do the hustle all night long in perfect comfort.
