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Example sentences for "laid hold"

  • She's behaved so splendidly ever since Richard's death, laid hold of all the business, never spared herself, been so able and so just.

  • The conjuror called him thrice, but receiving no answer, snatched up a knife, as if in a great rage, laid hold of the thong, and in his turn disappeared.

  • Taking a wooden ball, with several holes in it, through which long thongs were passed, he laid hold of one of these, and slung the ball into the air.

  • Upon hearing these orders, the destroyer of Madhu laughed at Kamsa, and, springing up to the place where he was seated, laid hold of him by the hair of his head, and struck his tiara to the ground.

  • I laid hold of this as a pretext for delay, that it might be better done, and let Dodsley have his desire.

  • A man will be forgiven, even great errors, in a foreign language; but in his own, even the least slips are justly laid hold of, and ridiculed.

  • Some characteristieal circumstance being generally invented or laid hold of.

  • The court of Rome gladly laid hold on all the opportunities.

  • As the wind blew very violently,' replied the Cogia, 'it cast me here and there, and whatever I laid hold of in the hope of saving myself remained in my hands.

  • One day a thief, entering the house of the Cogia, laid hold of everything there was there, and, placing it on his back, went away.

  • The crew and officers followed the captain up the hatchway, and after repeated orders the mate laid hold of Sam, who made no resistance, and carried him to the gangway.

  • No sooner did Aurelia notice this, than, springing up, she threw herself in his way, laid hold of him with boundless vehemence, and had dexterity enough to clutch an end of the article he was carrying off.

  • Wilhelm sank upon his knee, laid hold of the left, and pressed it to his lips.

  • Without other response, he leaned forward and tapped the glass; and as the cab swung in toward the curb, he laid hold of the door-latch.

  • But even as he laid hold of it, Lanyard dropped the garment in sheer surprise to find it damp and heavy in his grasp, sodden with viscid moisture.

  • And thus forced to quit their own weapons, they endeavored to take advantage of those of their enemies, laid hold of the javelins with their hands, and tried to pluck them away.

  • He laid hold of the chest, however, and groped his way back to the mill.

  • I knew Phil to be an artful dodger, and was determined not to be foiled by a mere trick, so I laid hold of a lantern and closely examined the walls and flooring.

  • As he spoke, he laid hold of the edge of the curtain.

  • Having, however, an appreciation of all fine artistic work, he laid hold of the border of the curtain, wishing to feel its texture.

  • Then he laid hold of it, and gently squeezed it--it filled his grasp.

  • Running into the bedroom as this fear beset me, I laid hold of my chest of drawers, dragged it into the passage, and threw it down against the door.

  • I laid hold of her with both hands, and shook her with all my might.

  • The robbers made off; but the Wali entered the mosque and, finding the man from Baghdad asleep there, laid hold of him and beat him with palm-rods so grievous a beating that he was well-nigh dead.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    different languages; false gods; first appear; great purpose; laid aside; laid bare; laid before; laid claim; laid himself; laid his; laid hold; laid open; laid paper; laid rope; laid siege; laid them; laid upon; large type; medical work; members serve; old chap; president and vice presidents; servo arbitrio; sexual reproduction; she kept; village street