Seized

Examples

• Being the most polite of men, he seized the opportunity of assisting the Professor's anatomical amusements on the spot. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• As I shrank away from such a visitor, he came forward and seized my candle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Eternal rigidity had seized upon it in a momentary transition between fervour and resignation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• D'Arnot seized the pencil--then he stopped. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• With the death of the babe his fit of demoniacal rage passed as suddenly as it had seized him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He stood up to defend Aspasia, he was seized by a storm of very human emotion, and as he spoke he wept--a gleeful thing for the rabble. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Now, indeed, dismay seized me--dismay and regret. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• At last I come behind him and hit him on the cheek to turn him round and get a smashing one at him, when I was seen and seized. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• One by one, I saw these removed, lowered, and seized on. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He rose and seized his astrakhan coat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He seized the pencil and wrote: Where is Jane Porter? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He seized his bicycle, pursued the lad, and in pursuing him met his death. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Amelia opened the case, and giving a little cry of delighted affection, seized the boy and embraced him a hundred times. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Briggs seized it mechanically, gasped it down convulsively, moaned a little, and began to play with the chicken on her plate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The other seized the die, and clenched his teeth upon it in sheer rage, as if he would bite it in pieces. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Mr. Snodgrass seized his friend's hand warmly, as he enthusiastically replied, 'Not for worlds! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Bella seized the moment to touch her hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Its momentary action was made to collapse a pair of clippers, which in closing seized the minute-hand of the clock to which it was attached, and brought it to the hour point. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• These were seized and thrown out of the window, and I was told to get my money of Nicodemus. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He was a ready man, and he saw, and seized, an opportunity here of presenting her own image to her, slightly disguised as her brother. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It seized Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and charged him with treason. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The grip of some terrible emotion seemed to have seized him, and shaken him to the soul. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But as Faust was disposing of the last copies of this book in the French capital he was seized with the plague, and died almost immediately. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Her father had followed her, and would have fallen on his knees to both of them, but that Darnay put out a hand and seized him, crying: No, no! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He seized City Point and Bermuda Hundred early in the day, without loss and, no doubt, very much to the surprise of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Her own bed was not seized. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mrs. Crawley seized her hand, pressed it to her heart, and with a sudden impulse, flinging her arms round Briggs, kissed her affectionately. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I do not recall what I said or did, but I know that for an instant I was seized with the rage of a maniac. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The muscular hand broke from my custody; my arm was seized, my shoulder--neck--waist--I was entwined and gathered to him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A perfect fury for making acquaintances on whom to impress their riches and importance, had seized the House of Dorrit. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

Typist: Meg