hold the floor

That idea held the floor for a few silent minutes of walking.

The King held the floor, and was not about to relinquish it.

Even at that, the crooks would still have held the floor.

Robinson led the charge, holding the floor for two days.

The crickets out in the woods had held the floor long enough.

He held the floor for five minutes and then Art Wilson began to talk.

Then he glided to the head of the stairway to hold the floor until the team was ready to move again.

He could hold the floor at spelling longer than Buck Brown.

The prosecution held the floor during the afternoon session.

Hitler listened and nodded, swayed again by whatever voice held the floor.

"You know," he said, suddenly realizing he had been holding the floor for a while.

"My story is a short one," declared Shelby, holding the floor without interruption.

That's so the load-bearing wall can run right down the middle of the house and hold the floor joists for the second story.

It was right under the stage, and looking up, you could see the grid of beams with heavy bolts holding the floor in place.

When you're holding the stick, you hold the floor."

Sarek's held the floor for six hours now, and he's not about to yield.

She stood up, signifying that she wanted to hold the floor for more than a sentence or two.

He held the floor just at the moment, but Gunraywas getting tired of listening to him.

Holding that grip, he hunted for the catch that held the floor in place.

"I don't intend to hold the floor all day.

He interrupted the chemist who held the floor.

She held the floor and was enjoying the opportunity to reminisce to this sympathetic friend of dear Dorothy's.

Erm, speakers holding the floor and the next bit.

Others have chosen to describe not so much the sound, as the use - to harangue, to interrupt, to hold the floor, to declaim.

His indignant voice is holding the floor.