Withhold has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. | |
| 2. | Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord. | |
| 3. | "What Myrmidon, or who / of stern Ulysses' warriors can withhold / his tears, to tell such things, as thou would'st have re-told?" | |
| 4. | "Ten days the seer, as shrinking to reply / or name a victim, did the doom withhold." | |
| 5. | "To thee, yea, thee, fierce miscreant", he cried, / may Heaven, if Heaven with righteous eyes behold / so foul an outrage and a deed so bold, / ne'er fail a fitting guerdon to ordain, / nor worthy quittance for thy crime withhold, / whose hand hath made me see my darling slain, / and dared with filial blood a father's eyes profane." | |
| 6. | “Do not dispute over the truth with someone who does not know the truth; but from the person who is eager to know the truth, do not withhold words from him” | |
| 7. | But if thou refuse, and withhold them still: Behold my hand shall be upon thy fields; and a very grievous murrain upon thy horses, and asses, and camels, and oxen, and sheep. | |
| 8. | U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withhold funding to the World Health Organization is drawing criticism from world leaders, as coronavirus infections exceed 2 million worldwide. |