Now stop trying to hold back, or I'll hurt you more.

I found him sitting alone in the kitchen one night, trying to hold back the tears.

The young man tried without success to hold back his tears.

She tried to hold back her tears, but could not.

He tried to hold back the tears, but they came anyway.

He did not try to hold back his own tears.

You try to hold back the horses to game time, but it's hard.

It is about the one thing all of us at some point struggle with and try to hold back.

She tried to hold back, but he hauled her along.