Example Sentences

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The handle of the rake is where you will grip and control the rake.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023

This 2021 Amazon Original Movie starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, and Jodie Turner-Smith will grip you from first to last scene.

From Fox News • Jul. 2, 2021

The temperature during the day barely edges above freezing; right now, the thermometer hovers around 15 degrees, a harbinger of the bitter cold that will grip the state for the next two months.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2019

Our correspondent in Athens, Helena Smith, has been talking to trade unionists who say today’s protests are but “a dress rehearsal” for the major demonstrations that will grip the country tomorrow.

From The Guardian • Nov. 6, 2012

"It will grip it too hard," said Forester.

From Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont by Abbott, Jacob