Took over

Usage examples of seized.

He seized a rope which Dantes flung to him, and with an activity that would have done credit to a sailor, climbed up the side of the ship, while the young man, going to his task, left the conversation to Danglars, who now came towards the owner.

Then he destroyed the second portion, assured that if the first were seized, no one would be able to discover its real meaning.

Then an invincible and extreme terror seized upon him, and he dared not again press the hand that hung out of bed, he dared no longer to gaze on those fixed and vacant eyes, which he tried many times to close, but in vainthey opened again as soon as shut.

Dantes was then seized with an indescribable desire to know what was going on in the dungeon of his unfortunate friend.

He swam to the cap, placed it on his head, seized one of the timbers, and struck out so as to cut across the course the vessel was taking.

This feeling was so strong that at the moment when Edmond was about to begin his labor, he stopped, laid down his pickaxe, seized his gun, mounted to the summit of the highest rock, and from thence gazed round in every direction.

Dantes seized his gun, sprang through the opening, and mounted the stair.

The instant the letter was written, Carlini seized it, and hastened to the plain to find a messenger.

She then returned to her room, calling for help as loudly as she could, when suddenly her window, which was twenty feet from the ground, was opened, a young peasant jumped into the chamber, seized her in his arms, and with superhuman skill and strength conveyed her to the turf of the grass-plot, where she fainted.

The curtain at length fell on the performances, to the infinite satisfaction of the Viscount of Morcerf, who seized his hat, rapidly passed his fingers through his hair, arranged his cravat and wristbands, and signified to Franz that he was waiting for him to lead the way.

As soon as I learned I could in any way assist you, I most eagerly seized the opportunity of offering my services.

The executioner made a sign, and his two assistants leaped from the scaffold and seized him.

Franz sprang back, but the count seized his arm, and held him before the window.

Albert seized it, and as Franz had no reason to suppose it was meant for him, he suffered Albert to retain it.

Benedetto could read, write, and cipher perfectly, for when the fit seized him, he learned more in a day than others in a week.