How to Use grab hold of in a Sentence

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• The 55-year-old man was able to grab hold of the side of the boat.
  — Alexis Stevens, ajc, 14 Apr. 2022
• Use a paper towel to grab hold of the end of the silver skin and pull it down the ribs.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2021
• Tuffy, however, was able to grab hold of the side of the nest and haul herself back in.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
• Updrafts grab hold of the aircraft and shove it up even as the pilot noses it down.
  — Douglas Fox, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2012
• Because once the god has slipped past on his winged feet, the back of his head is sleek and hairless, nowhere to grab hold of.
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
• The first to the market will supposedly grab hold of the market.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 July 2022
• In the second set, the lead changed hands three times before Horizon Prep was able to grab hold of the tempo.
  — Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
• Loeb’s grip had to grab hold of the DP’s vest and gently hoist him off the floor afterward; his rig was too heavy to stand with.
  — Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2021
• Maybe the trick is to recognize and grab hold of them when the inspiration hits you?
  — Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• That's why the agreement between the United Nations and the Houthi government is a gift that the world needs to grab hold of with both hands.
  — Christopher Reddy, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
• One of the nice things about documentaries, though, is that a movie can grab hold of you simply through the power of its subject.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• Males, the researchers hypothesize, grab hold of a leaf or twig rather than the female to reduce the risk of falling off their perch.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2016
• The royal picked up her pup, who used her teeth to grab hold of a sausage attached to the blue curtain covering the plaque and tugged to reveal the dedication.
  — Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2022
• To fly a Lilienthal glider, a pilot would grab hold of a handle bar attached to the wings and take off from the top of a hill, soaring for a short distance with feet dangling.
  — Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2022
• Something might be tickling the back of your brain at the moment, and trying to grab hold of it and figure out just what this message is may be quite difficult.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• Two girls who were holding on to a puppy and clinging to a wooden board swept past, far too fast for Klein and other onlookers to go down and grab hold of them.
  — Time, 22 Aug. 2021
• The material is designed to grab hold of the stray pieces of litter on your kitty’s feet, stopping them from tracking it all over the house and into your bed (gross!).
  — Tessa Bahoosh, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2021
• But with 90 or so days of summer ahead, this season is still an opportunity to grab hold of some goodness.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 27 June 2022
• Using a new mechanic called the rift tether, Ratchet is able to grab hold of dimensional rifts, open them up, and jump through them to teleport.
  — Elise Favis, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2020
• The Colts are likely to keep at least five, and potentially six, receivers on the roster, and until this week, few of the candidates had made enough noise in training camp to grab hold of that role.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 20 Aug. 2022
• What started out as face filters created by Instagram grew over time to be more and more something creators could grab hold of as well.
  — Viralrace, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020
• Despite the inconsistency, McSorley might have shown enough to grab hold of the third quarterback spot on the roster.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2022
• Sharmistha managed to grab hold of Siddhant’s hand, but only for a moment, losing her grip as one wave after another crashed over them.
  — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2021
• The Brewers were presented with every opportunity over the second half of the season to grab hold of the reins and play their way into the postseason.
  — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2022
• Her 12-day, invite-only, socially distanced event, which kicked off Thursday, shows how far a few Minnesotans will go to grab hold of that State Fair feeling.
  — Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 1 Sep. 2020
• Alarms sounded as rioters stormed the building, and in one clip, members of the mob appeared to aggressively grab hold of an officer.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Jan. 2021
• Humiliation had not dented his faith in artistic greatness, or in his own ability to grab hold of it.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
• Many are tired of having daily arguments about technologies that were designed to grab hold of their children’s attention and not let go.
  — Jonathan Haidt, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
• San Francisco’s cable cars grab hold of moving cables under the street, which are powered by static engines.
  — Daniel C. Schlenoff, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
• San Francisco’s cable cars grab hold of moving cables under the street, which are powered by static engines.
  — Daniel C. Schlenoff, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024