Enthrall

Usage examples of grip.

Not only was it exceptionally lofty, and on one flank of that series of bluffs which has before been mentioned as constituting the line upon which the Confederate grip of the stream was based, but the tortuous character of the channel gave particular facilities for an enfilading fire on vessels both before and after they came abreast the works.

Jasper, she ignited her thrusters and her stomach settled as acceleration gripped her.

His plans would have to be drastically altered if Achar remained in the grip of ice.

Then, the Director had still been in the grip of a frightful gene-transmutation that had turned him into a thing from nightmare: a monstrous admixture of man and snake that reared out of radiant yellow mud.

Micum began with the basics, teaching Alec how to grip the weapon so that it balanced to his advantage, what stances presented the smallest target to an opponent, and simple slash and parry maneuvers.

Tonight, for just an instant-was Alec tightened his grip on the sword lying across his knees.

Turning, Alec found himself in the supportive grip of a scrawny young ruffian.

Jenny shook her head in protest and tried to pull away, break his algetic grip.

Then, getting down on all fours, he began to crawl up, digging each pair of clamps into the flesh in turn to give him a grip.

Ten minutes afterward we met a hot, red-faced man plunging down the mountain, making mighty strides, swinging his alpenstock ahead of him, and taking a grip on the ground with its iron point to support these big strides.

He straightened himself and shifted his body well forward on the flimsy little aluminium platform and gripped the steering-arm, keeping his elbows well in to his sides.

A multitude of anfractuous cracks spread out from the rim of the segment as though tendrils of frost were gripping the tube.

Willie Garvin, scuba mask pushed up on his brow, an aqualung strapped to his back, the mouthpiece hanging free, one hand raised to grip the threshold of the plane, bright blue eyes pitiless and bitter.

The Archdeacon gripped it more firmly, and, keeping his eyes on it, turned to face the others.

At last he gripped it and twisted asbestos and rubber into one tight mass, which he held firmly with both hands.