Gripped
[ɡript]
Examples
- She was weary, oh so weary of Gerald's gripped intensity of physical motion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Then Gerald's fingers gripped hard and communicative into Birkin's shoulder, as he said: 'No, I'll see this job through, Rupert. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But in the dark Pablo's hand gripped his hard and pressed it frankly and he returned the grip. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The fellow was a marvellous swordsman and evidently in practice, while I had not gripped the hilt of a sword for ten long years before that morning. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The proper length of wire is fed into the machine automatically, and the end is gripped by a set of jaws. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He put his hand out and said, _Suerte_, Pablo, and their two hands gripped in the dark. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I gripped him by the arms. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Amelia gripped her hand in reply. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She was breathing heavily from the climb and she took hold of Robert Jordan's hand and gripped it tight in hers as she looked out over the country. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In the rusty skeleton of a grate, pinched at the middle as if poverty had gripped it, a red coke fire burns low. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Again I gripped him by the sleeve, and felt the thin, sinewy arm beneath it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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