How to Use take hold in a Sentence

take hold

idiomatic phrase

• The war in Gaza could end or a cease-fire could take hold.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
• So take hold of it and grab the reins to a new tomorrow.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
• But as the rise of year-round wreaths took hold, so did the rise of year-round front door bows.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2024
• The idea took hold, and Spiro entered Harvard Law School in 2005.
  — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• Fungi took hold of some vines, and had to be dealt with hastily.
  — Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune Europe, 19 Oct. 2024
• Home prices peaked in June 2022, then dipped through the rest of the year as the housing recession took hold.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
• The first few months of 2022 has seen many different hair trends take hold.
  — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 17 Aug. 2022
• But since peace took hold here 25 years ago, the neighborhood feels worlds away from that past.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 7 June 2024
• My plan was to keep taking them to restaurants, keep up the discipline, and wait for the habits to take hold.
  — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2023
• This resurgence is a great standout as the maxi took hold of the spotlight this summer.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 4 Oct. 2023
• As of this writing, a sort of Piaget fever has taken hold of the watch market.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2024
• When a new queen began her reign, a new dialect appeared to take hold.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2022
• The Gulf Stream shuttles the plants around the Atlantic basin, which allows the seaweed to spread and take hold in different parts of the ocean.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2023
• The more particles a bird eats, the greater the chance that those hitchhiking microbes take hold in its gut.
  — WIRED, 27 Mar. 2023
• Now, a sense of panic is taking hold in the state's fisheries, which produce 60% of the nation's seafood.
  — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
• In some uncanny way, the steady rhythm of my step allows new ideas to surface and take hold in my mind.
  — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 13 July 2023
• But a growing call to thwart these efforts has been taking hold.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023
• By the time the fences came down two months later, an encampment had taken hold on Franklin.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• In that path, the moon will fully block the sun’s light and darkness will take hold for a few minutes in the middle of the afternoon.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Any replacement patches need to be about 10 times the size of the tear in order to ensure that the sod will take hold and flourish.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2022
• If the virus were to take hold or spread outside of the local area, the effects could be catastrophic.
  — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
• As the grind of the season takes hold and legs become heavy, energy from the home crowd will assume a greater role in shaping the course of events.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• Some of the myths that have taken hold on the platform can lead people down risky financial paths.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 6 Sep. 2024
• Once outside, the family noticed the fire took hold in the attic and quickly spread.
  — Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Sep. 2024
• The surgeon, applying no anesthetic, took hold of the boy and skinned him with a swift movement of his hands.
  — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024
• And production cuts by OPEC and its allies have begun to take hold.
  — David Uberti, WSJ, 7 July 2023
• Many of those changes took hold swiftly after the 2001 Ballard verdict.
  — Genna Contino, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2024
• Anxiety and urgency took hold as the nonprofit took in the scope of the predicament.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
• That same year, a feminist movement took hold in South Korea, #MeToo avant la lettre, and made the literary world its first bit of housecleaning.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
• The cows were sick with bird flu, a virus that has spread among cattle in at least 14 states and has rapidly taken hold in California’s Central Valley, home to the nation’s largest dairy production.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024