in a holding pattern

"We are in a holding pattern waiting for the trade number."

For now, however, the federal government is stuck in a holding pattern.

Until this president is gone, my business will remain in a holding pattern.

But lately the society has seemed to be in a holding pattern.

One was in a holding pattern, heading out to sea.

He had the feeling that everyone and everything was in a holding pattern as they waited for the plan to take effect.

"The collection has been in a holding pattern for 112 years.

"Until the study is done, we're in a holding pattern," he said.

At home, the mayor's failed marriage remains in a holding pattern.

You can say the dollar is in a holding pattern."

"We're in a holding pattern," he said, "until we get word of what they want us to do with it."

So we're sort of in a holding pattern here.

When the phone finally rang again, it seemed as if he'd been in a holding pattern forever.

Then the plane turned sharply and he realized they were in a holding pattern.

We want them to think we're in a holding pattern.'

They were in a holding pattern, a waiting game, an interregnum.

"At this point, we're in a holding pattern," he said.

I switched back to the fighters, now in a holding pattern above the target area.

"The longer we stay in a holding pattern, the greater chance the dollar will come off based on economic fundamentals."

Other children were banked in a holding pattern along the perimeter of the room.

The aircraft flew into high terrain when it turned the wrong way in a holding pattern.

The company's been in a holding pattern ever since."

The overall result is that many minority businessmen are operating in a holding pattern.

So her face, rather than becoming "thoughtful," simply went blank as if she were in a holding pattern.

Overhead, the planes began circling the valley in a holding pattern.