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Example sentences for "taking hold"

  • It is a narrow plane made of boxwood, and has generally a steel blade let into it to cut; it is used by taking hold of each end with a hand, and moving it to and fro over the wood to be shaved down.

  • This being done, spread one corner of the handkerchief over the hand of the person who is still holding the shilling, and, taking hold of another corner, tell him to drop the shilling when you have counted three.

  • Place pour un," said I, taking hold of the back of the Duke of Devonshire's chair.

  • I, taking hold of Fanny's hand, in a fit of rapture, "it is he!

  • Come to bed, dear Fanny," said I, taking hold of her burning hand.

  • In taking hold, the giant tried to snap, but didn't succeed in bringing Tom down.

  • For some cause or other, the umpires decided it a dog-fall; and on taking hold a second time, Jordan won.

  • Sneak, taking hold of the musket and feeling the calibre.

  • That can be done real easy," said Sneak, taking hold of the dead man's leg and dragging him along on the snow like a sled.

  • Rob, roughly, taking hold of one of them by the shoulder and giving her a shove.

  • Mr. March sprang forward, and, taking hold of Rob with one hand, caught the angry man's uplifted arm in the other.

  • But just as he was in the act of taking hold of it, he became aware that a something was beginning to move under the bed; he paused, and waited quietly (for it might be a rat) to see what this noise would turn out to be caused by.

  • These consisted in taking hold of the bridle, and giving the old mare a kick; that caused her to start instantaneously to her feet.

  • Diaz reached out eagerly, and, taking hold of the piece of paper, proceeded to devour its contents.

  • Give him two lessons a day, and when you have given him four lessons, he will lie down by taking hold of one foot.

  • One moment," Lord Blair interjected, taking hold of his arm.

  • He is wise who listens to the wise," Daniel replied, taking hold of the Sheikh's hand, in the native manner of friends.

  • Muriel followed his lead without protest; and Daniel, taking hold of her arm with one hand, and leading the horses with the other, piloted her slowly over the rough ground.

  • You seem to be enjoying yourself, my dear," she said, taking hold of the girl's hand.

  • In obedience to his orders, I took hold of one of its handles with my unfettered hand, while he taking hold of the other, we proceeded out of the front door into the street in the same order as we had left the cell.

  • Taking hold of the top of the handle, the movable bottom is then drawn up to the surface of the water, and the fish taken out.

  • He himself lent a hand, taking hold of a sick man by the feet in order to remove him from the compartment more speedily.

  • And as he spoke he knelt at the old man's feet, taking hold of his hands and giving him such a passionate, loving glance that he seemed to be offering all the blood of his heart to spare him the slightest grief.

  • He's an examining judge," she said, taking hold of the hand with which K.

  • Stretching herself out in the most favourable position, she allowed me again to mount upon her and, taking hold of the instrument of love, she herself guided it to the proper quarter.

  • Taking hold of her hand I placed it upon the stiff object and made her grasp it as it throbbed and beat with the excitement under which I was labouring.

  • Taking hold of it and making it move back a little, I introduced my hand between Frank's thighs, and separating the lips of the delicious aperture between his lovely buttocks, I directed the point of the throbbing monster to the proper spot.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "taking hold" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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