Others simply held the letter out to the next boy.

They didn't speak for several minutes, simply held on to each other.

After a while he sat on the edge of the bed and simply held her hand.

They lay together, not making love, just simply holding each other.

He simply held my arms, and stared down at me.

To simply hold on to something, because this couldn't be happening?

"Mother, do you really think that we can simply hold elections and vote him out of power?"

For the longest moment, their eyes simply held one another.

"What if he simply held the knife in his other hand?"

She simply held eye contact for a moment, then dropped it.