taking hold造句

tongs for taking hold of burning coals.

She felt a strange excitement taking hold of her.

She added there was no danger of deflation taking hold.

The first boy said, "It is taking hold of Christ"; the second, "Keeping hold"; and the third, "Not letting go."

"And who's this shaver?" said one of the gentlemen, taking hold of me.

By simply taking hold of its own tail and making itself into a hoop.

Her husband shouted at her, seizing/taking hold of her hand.

By working with the community instead of for the community, longterm change has a better chance of taking hold.

The discovery has raised hope that the antibodies, if introduced to healthy people, could prevent the virus taking hold.

Certainly, said Hal, with freezing politeness, taking hold of the gee-pole with one hand and swinging his whip from the other.

What is that thing that is so merrily bouncing about?" asked the girl, taking hold of the spindle, for she too wanted to spin.

any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below.

Now that a truce seems to be taking hold, he wants, "within weeks", to convene a peace conference to begin solving the whole conflict once and for all.

It is only by taking hold of the key link the everything else will fall into its proper key link means the main theme.

Then, taking hold of a small branch of a camellia tree, he said, “This is Baby Face it blooms late, it's only just in deep red blossoms, it's really most beautiful.

New forms of doing business—including the widespread use ofteams, which can respond fast and flexibly—are taking hold, and the old ways ofdoing business are quickly going out of fashion.

"This signifies nothing," says Bluebeard; "you must die"; then, taking hold of her hair with one hand, and lifting up the sword with the other, he was going to take off her head.

At last the cook came out of the shop, and taking hold of the sweep, declared that, as he had been feeding upon the smell of his food, he should not go away without paying half the price of a dinner.