My uncle slowed down at the ticket booth and held a fistful of dollars out the window.

Lawford had moved to help Sharpe, but his uncle held him back.

He had no news of Bebbanburg other than that my treacherous uncle still lived and held the fortress.

"What possible terror could your uncle hold for you?"

The estate; but my uncle will hold an option on it.

His uncle, however, held a radically different view of things.

His aunt reached after him, but his uncle held her back.

The uncle held his niece's chair for her as a command that she sit down.

She still let her uncle hold her, there in the quiet darkness of the mummy room.

For example, an elder uncle would hold his nephew's land so they would not have to join the king's army.