The second story holds a bell made in the year 1340.

Your story of being assaulted once before will not hold water.

And if the story does hold you, all else can be forgiven.

Earning a 1 only means that the response to the prompt was better than the other five and the story held higher quality.

The old stories hold that the People give knowledge to the gods.

In the end, the essential point is that the stories hold.

This is not, however, to say that the story holds no interest.

Although the story holds your attention completely, you don't take it quite seriously.

The story had held him together for a while, but now the story was done.

The Prince is probably protecting him, but so far the story holds water.