How To Use Grip In A Sentence

For convenience and safety, some skid-steer loader manufacturers mount switches on the steering control grips or levers to control these multifunctional tools.
While the report recognised that Health Secretary has made some moves to decentralise the running of health care in England, experts claim the Scottish Executive is refusing to loosen its grip on the NHS.
They decide to go, too, but Frank has problems manoeuvring the car, whose tyres keep losing their grip.
Death must loose its grip and give up its prey. Christianity Today
Last week, exultant rebels in Tripoli clambered on Gaddafi's vainglorious statue of an American warplane in the grip of a mighty Libyan fist.

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He is alone with his terrors gripped by feelings of desperation and living at the limits.
He gripped her shoulders and made her face him, his concern turning to worry.
Although most and vigorous gripkill proper hand grisactin not done griseofulvin nicotine. Rudy: Iraq Is "In The Hands Of Other People"
He must have been very drunk, for at last the heavy sleep gripped him with the suddenness of a magic spell, and the last word lengthened itself into an interminable, noisy, in-drawn snore. Youth And Two Other Stories
He gripped the edge of the nearest inspection plate and ripped a quarter of it away.
The whole country seems to be in the grip of football fever.
The recent diminution on the international scene of these three nations means less illustrious sides are no longer gripped with a fear factor when facing what have tended to be considered behemoths of the game.
Draconis froze, his body stiffening, his grip slackening.
And when I had been asleep scarce six hours, I waked again very sudden, as I had done before, and had belief that something did be anigh unto me; and I gript the Diskos, and did hearken; yet was there no sound that mine ears did wot of; neither aught that had power to be surely known of the spirit. The Night Land
There's a lanyard loop (don't laugh, they make perfect sense, especially for a hard-working gun) and the grip frame is grooved on the rear and front straps to enhance your grip.
And we did all this without trying to get to grips with the plants and fungus. Times, Sunday Times
The guns are actuated by a three-way switch on the spade grip of the stick.
His is a gripping peregrination and one rich with detail and informed insights. Times, Sunday Times
The government would fund the railways on a cost-plus basis for four years while the company got to grips with its costs and management structure.
The throttle twist grip on the end of the collective stick has to be coordinated with the up and down movements.
Take your Good Grips zester, and using the notch on the side, make a twist from the lemon rind.
Arsenal, where he can look forward to becoming instantly gripped with a crazed case of the cartwheeling jitters, learning to flap wildly at any kind of cross and generally buying into the idea of goalkeeping as a business of leaping about athletically saving penalties in between diving over the top of toe-poked 40-yard back passes. The Guardian World News
The secret is simple: stop griping about the public sector and start viewing it as a source of business opportunities.
[FN#134] A fair specimen of the Arab logogriph derived from the Arabian nights. English
When Sir Beaumains heard her say so, he abraid up with a great might and gat him upon his feet, and lightly he leapt to his sword and gripped it in his hand, and doubled his pace unto the Red Knight, and there they fought a new battle together. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 1
She tried to duck out of his grip, half-succeeding, and he went off-balance.
The story gripped the global media. Times, Sunday Times
Have the confidence to let the shot go where you know it will, with a loose relaxed grip.
Your pharmacist can advise you on simple medicines and/or gripe water that will help prevent colic.
Another online tool landed last week that is just as gripping: one that shows the gender pay gap in your occupation. Times, Sunday Times
Sighing, she shifted her grip on the painting and mounted the stairs.
This device has a gripper that electrically twists off the jar top. Nothing to it.
This gripping prequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic of the same name is just as exciting as its predecessor. The Sun
Grasp the bar with a shoulder-width grip and unhook it from the safety catch.
A shock of raven-black hair gripped his scalp tightly and fell down past his shoulders.
Fighting against her grip, I pull my hand out of the innards, and struggle against the urge to vomit.
And their chief gripe about the town? Times, Sunday Times
Mesell Malkontent of Faux News, the gripping cutting edge metaphorist megamedia propaganda outlet, a non-contributor of the pasty pedantry and PIG’s Pundits in General, spouts ‘demon duck du jour’, and claims, somehow, she knows, somehow, that Hezbollah is just a beauty pagent… Think Progress » Malkin: Outrage About Qana ‘Manufactured,’ ‘If It’s Not Qana, It’s Something Else…It’s Beauty Pageants’
It even has a rubber backplate that allows for a firm grip and helps to transmit vibrations thanks to your music or ambient sounds.
To move forward, the gripman squeezes the grip which grasps the moving cable under the slot in the street. SFGate: Top News Stories
The footwell was perpetually swamped now, my forearms were pumped from choking the oars in a death grip, and dime-size blisters had begun to well up under the calluses on my palms.
To play this shot, you need to change your grip on the racquet slightly.
Has a sudden outbreak of politesse gripped the Internet?
She gripped a fancy mat which covered an ornate table by her side, and dragged a begilded vase on to the floor without even noticing it. The Box with Broken Seals
Social media was flooded with jokes and gripes about it. The Sun
On 29 April 1834, caught in the grips of west-sou-wester gale, the barque Harriet washed up on a beach not far from Rahotu.
Dressed again in wadmal, leather gloves, leather apron, and wooden shoes, beard and mane full of the soot that blackened his skin, the dwarf gripped a piece with tongs and banged it into shape. Operation Luna
The worst possible explanation is that some new, previously unknown viral disease has found its way into the burrows and is now taking a grip. Times, Sunday Times
An original touch, however, is the shovel-grip handbrake, which saves space as well as feeling quite butch.
I'll do my best to keep the overall design and function clean and simple but I'm looking forward to getting properly to grips with the new methodology.
I was shattered to see how the disease had extended its deathly grip.
Jonathon grips my hand more firmly and we make our way into the building.
Lai let her hand rest on his chest and almost out of reflex he let his hand rest on hers, gripping it lightly as he shifted and settled more relaxedly in her grasp.
It works well, maximising fuel economy and refinement while providing extra grip when it is needed. Times, Sunday Times
We had been involved in an historical adventure as gripping as any detective tale or spy thriller.
The chopping board is sloped and has grooves to grip the food and to encourage liquid to run away from the cutting area.
Using its front legs the giant water bug gripped the turtle inserting its syringe-like rostrum into the prey's neck in order to feed.
It has been my experience, and sometimes misfortune, that rubber grips attract and hold moisture underneath, promoting rust.
I spun to my left, sword gripped in my right hand horizontally, pointed to my right at neck level. Hero for Hire « A Fly in Amber
Agrippa, and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him, osculantes obsecrarent ne id quod natura cogeret, ipse acceleraret, not to offer violence to himself, with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it: and so constantly died, precesque eorum taciturna sua obstinatione depressit. Anatomy of Melancholy
Our main objective now is to tighten the grip we have on the market.
I took an enormous step backward, too fast, and I stumbled, my hands crablike behind me, gripping tufts of spring grass. The Bird House
A similar ‘group hysteria,’ he adds, gripped hundreds of birders in California, who for days mistakenly took a skylark for a Smith's longspur.
Attach the bow to the small plait using elastic and hairgrips. The Sun
Shoes or boots should have non-slip soles and walking aids should be fitted with rubber feet to ensure an adequate grip.
The motive is to destroy all those in the south who might threaten the oil revenues that sustain the regime's grip (it came to power by deposing an elected government and enjoys very little popular support).
This event suggests that they do not have a tight grip on this vital matter.
By 52 you'll be begging for the clammy grip of death. The Sun
It puts the grip too much in the fingers of the left hand stretching the muscles at the front of the forearm, thus rendering them rather useless. Winning Golf for Women
Though the Hives open themselves up to style-over-substance gripes, there is real feeling amidst their artifice and formalism.
Whatever it is that day, we make our gripes, put his "progressiveness" in meanie scare quotes, or maybe even go all the way with "so-called progressive. Josh Mull: What's worse: Steele's Afghanistan comments or the reaction?
I am walking speedily along New York's Fifth Avenue when this elegant stranger accosts me, grabs my arm in a vice-like grip and hisses, ‘Where did you get that pin?’
All lines feature woods with high lofts, thin grips and lightweight graphite shafts.
Their new line of ivory polymer grips are difficult to tell from the real thing.
All this griping is not to say that the book did not have some good points. REVIEW: Godplayers by Damien Broderick
First, a scratch coat is troweled onto the lath; the plaster oozes through the lath and grips the backing when it hardens.
He has a soft fingertip grip, and his hand is firmly behind the ball.
This exercise can be carried out with both narrow and wide grip. Shape Your Body, Shape Your Life
He clasped her hand tightly and she was immediately fond of his firm, warm grip that felt as if it fit like a glove.
He gave me several chances to quit - "‘Do you give yet?" - but I flailed about, trying desperately to get out of his viselike grip.
The paper bail will be moved back to grip the paper against the platen.
The government found it expedient to slacken the grip of censorship in order to encourage loyal expressions of support for the Emancipation programme.
Yet the thought of being emotionally vulnerable had him gripped with fear. Times, Sunday Times
She tried to rip her wrist out of his grip but his grasp was too firm.
His grip was tight and firm but it felt loving and soft.
Her voice is good if not emotionally gripping and her songs have an attractive quality but an edgy stimulant is sadly lacking.
As the nation struggles to get a grip on medical costs, insurance companies have grabbed the reins.
Hairgrips, a pencil, a bobbin, a teaspoon with an apostolic head.
The story was gripping and it kept me on the edge of my seat. The Sun
The result is a gripping examination of generational change and a moving tribute to heroism. Times, Sunday Times
The dictator in pinstripes was in Geneva addressing the meeting at a time when it is well known that his regime is planning to tighten its grip on the net by routing all e-mail through a government-owned hub.
Only Republicans can sit and gripe, whine, and snivel over the results of the last election, committing themselves to "no progress on anything". DeMint: Obama 'distracted' from protecting the country
Miri gripped the gunwales and held on for dear life as the boat careened from wave to wave, bouncing from rock to hidden rock.
He, in turn, loosened his grip and moved his hands to my hips.
If a skill is used again and again, the link hardens; if it's used only once, the filopodia soon shrink back, triggering a change in the brain cell, a thinning of the grip that may explain forgetting.
He has forced himself into the position by gripping the bat right at the bottom of the handle.
I gripped slender pillars where the floor looked frail. Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent
When walking in the mountains be sure to wear stout boots with a good grip.
His avatar is of the old, cranky black guy who continually gripes about his fellow "darkies" and "negras" acting all like animals and stuff. Obama On The Britney Ad: They're Painting Me As "Risky"
The series was gripping and well-acted. The Sun
An election that was initially greeted with general disinterest has since been transformed into one that has gripped the nation, due in no small part to the jolt of energy provided by the unexpected, and game changing, emergence of Nick Clegg and the 'Cleggmania' he inspired. UK Election: Candidates Make Final Push For Votes
It is a lively performer, the handling is good with masses of front end grip and the ride is impressive when unladen.
Taking a tight grip on the hook, he began to pull it towards himself.
Grasp the handle with a single overhand grip and sit down on the seat as you normally would when doing pull-downs, your quads secured comfortably underneath the pads.
Without warning, I lost the grip on the metal bar in front of me that was affixed down onto the floorboard of the car.
I'm just trying to get a grip on what's happening.
One gripe is skintight clothes disrupt the signal - so avoid Lycra. The Sun
In a crazy way, a good way of getting to grips with postmodernism / structuralism might be to dive into some examples in the Arts.
The other main gripe of the research posse is the tendency of IT suppliers to over-egg the pudding.
Dope and cocaine have become accessible to the grips, the gaffers and the best boys.
The entire community has been gripped by fear.
We feel the man's pomposity and age, taste the heat and sweat of his desperation in the grip of beauty and decay. Times, Sunday Times
Using this grip also makes handle shape less important. Times, Sunday Times
America is finally showing signs of coming to grips with its thirst for oil. Times, Sunday Times
One person bellowed as he gripped the metal tube in his meaty hands.
Of the five local opinions sought on the operations of the Council, traffic and parking gripes predominated.
He was carrying his hand bell by its clapper, and he shifted his grip to the handle and began clanging.
Fear makes our imagination conceive what it list, invites the devil to come to us, as [1667] Agrippa and Cardan avouch, and tyranniseth over our phantasy more than all other affections, especially in the dark. Anatomy of Melancholy
Tied for the lead overnight with Watney, Na was briefly caught at the top by his playing partner with four holes to play before he tightened his grip on the title with birdies at 15, 16, and 17. Reuters: Press Release
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The country became gripped by the new awareness that major changes had to be made in manufacturing. The Global Marketplace
It's a machine used to separate stones, sand and soil from the agriproducts which have already been cleaned and sized.
Using one of the grips described above, deliver the jack swinging your arm down in line with the middle of the mat and the centre line.
Swords needed leather grips, belts, and leather scabbards overlaid with hammered bronze leaf.
By the time I ran outside he had spread his wings and soared into the sky gripping the pigeon with his talons.
Cars run on skinny snow tyres in Sweden, with sharp studs to penetrate the icy surface and find good grip underneath.
My one real gripe is that, after just a couple of weeks, you might get bored of the activities. The Sun
Justin grinned, staring out into space, his hands still gripping tightly onto the handles of the controls.
The unknown sport of curling grips the nation as the British woman win the gold medal with the very last stone.
Read our biggest gripes on page 4 and tell us yours. Times, Sunday Times
His fans' main gripe is that he is such a slow writer. Times, Sunday Times
When he tries to say something I relax my grip.
Drawing from the views of a wide variety of people living and working in the district, it described a city living in the grip of fear, divided along racial, religious and class lines.
You can hold the auriscope in either a ‘pencil type’ grip or ‘hammer type’ grip.
Then fix in place with grips and a spritz of hairspray. The Sun
Ryder frowned at the new title but knew it was probably for the best, he loosed his grip and kissed her cheek ‘Its ok, now, change into this dress.’
Read our biggest gripes on page 4 and tell us yours. Times, Sunday Times
The world is glue, pitch, paste—always too pliant; a dough that softly kneads the kneader, and whispers to the hand the material absurdity that it should loosen its grip, renounce its labor.
The stock attaches to a lug at the bottom rear of the grip frame.
It slipped out of the pincer grip, and slipped a second time. SNOWLINE
The genius part is that height and rebound are fully adjustable courtesy of handgrips, you don't need tools to give the tortured undercarriage some breathing space on the road.
Students we spoke to agreed the campus is gripped by an extreme drinking culture fuelled by cheap booze at Northern prices. The Sun
Tye caught Freyen's arm in a tight grip and smirked.
From now resizable dialogues have a 'gripper' icon in right bottom corner. 2BakSa.Net
One gripe has been that there is a lack of leadership. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps you are gripped by anxiety before giving a talk.
This really very scary Japanese ghost story from director Hideo Nakata exerts a chilling grip with its icy calm and eerie reticence.
The development project with mine-owner Wings Enterprises Inc. comes as concerns heighten about China's tight grip on production of metals such as yttrium required in hybrid vehicles, wind turbines, flat panel televisions, defense missiles and satellites. Glencore Backs Rare Earths Mining Project
Lauren relates her story in a simple time sequence and gives telling details which make the narration gripping.
Briefly, the moonlight was obscured by a cloud and an unreasonable fear gripped me as I realised I could not see the statues.
Doug reached out and gripped his ear, like an old style schoolmarm. SNOWJOB
He was in the grip of severe constipation and was only eating fruit in an effort to clear himself out.
By forcing down on the upper, outside footrest the rider obtains exceptional feel for rear tyre grip.
It might also explain why many great golfers are older before coming to grips with the intense pressure of the final day. Times, Sunday Times
With your left hand, carefully lower the spangler and clamp the sping-grip around the grommel handle while turning the spangler speed valve to "rapid" with your right, and pressing the oscillator button with your other hand. 'Twas the Day After Christmas
She had seen him sweat and shake and retch in the grip of his craving.
Xtools are a fine-looking line of marine tools; as the ISDA blog says, The rust-resistant tools feature tungsten-carbide cutting blades (for cutting braided wire) and foamy, soft-grip ergonomic handles that float. Boing Boing
the loosening of his grip
I do suggest you have a slightly stronger grip in a left to right wind, showing one knuckle more on your left hand as you look down. Christy O'Connor Junior's Golf Masterclass
As soon as they reached the barren badlands again, Nick landed quickly, releasing Sarah from his tight grip.
For instance the tailgate top window is hinged providing an opening for smaller items to be loaded, while the tailgate itself has good handgrips.
Hall skilfully weaves the historical research into a gripping narrative.
And you don’t see that much difference between men’s and women’s uniforms in fencing where it would be stupid, *stupid* to leave the body unprotected or the rest of martial arts that don’t hinge on gripping the opponent’s clothes like karate or taekwondo. THE SEXUALIZATION OF FEMALE OLYMPIADS » Sociological Images
Child 44 is a remarkable debut novel - inventive, edgy and relentlessly gripping from the first page to the last. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith: Book summary
Using the principle of a toggle bolt, each gripper would enter the hole flat and then spring open.
His hands gripped pallidly upon the rail, and they were white with more than just the chill brine of the sea.
The child gripped its mother's arm.
The grip never loosens, nor is that face ever revealed, in "El Sicario, Room 164," a documentary based on Mr. Bowden's encounter with a Juarez, Mexico hitman—or sicario . Hits, Misses and Misters
Reed, more in shock than pain, slackened his grip.
My main gripe is that hardly any of the short-list have been able to infuse their performances with even the slightest hint of emotion.
Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes.
We, nevertheless, inevitably find things about which to gripe and complain.
As the Arctic air tightened its grip, the belt of snow pushed southwards. Times, Sunday Times
Grip-n-Grin tip #12: Always remember to wet the fish BEFORE setting the shot or your subject will look ridiculous while you are getting a wet rag from the break room. Write the Caption, Win a Prize...
By the time the first fight broke out I was gripped - feathers were puffed up to ensure maximum hard-man appearance and then a very undignified battle ensued, involving lots of running jumps and flapping and pecking.
Right-wing think-tanks have an even firmer grip.
The dictator refuses to relax his grip on power.
The right forefinger sits very much at the side of, rather than under, the grip. Winning Golf for Women
Learn how to use a pistol grip to cut glass in this free video clip about using copper foiling for stained glass art.
You are in the grip of something very primal. Times, Sunday Times
Finger grooves are featured on the grips for double-action revolvers, while metal inserts provide consistent fit.
The northern Swanwic formed a very large domain, formerly held by the wife of Hugh Fitzgrip.
Ascending a mountain on skis requires bindings with a heel release, and ‘skins’ made of mohair or nylon which let the skis glide, turn uphill and grip the snow.
She clung on like a leech, her fingers tightly gripping his shoulders, and Ben could clearly hear her heart beating as well as his own.
He lunged at the man and his sword rammed itself between the man's ribs, grated, then a French hand gripped Sharpe's blade, blood showed at his fingers, but the man held on, tugged, and another man clawed at Sharpe's face. Sharpe's Siege
Gripping a hand rail, she waited for the door of the air lock to open.
Find the exact grip that allows you to hit the ball hard.
It has lobbied hard to tighten its grip on alternative promotional channels recently, forcing many small webcasters off the air by imposing royalties that traditional radio stations don't have to pay.
All the fish of these jungle rivers demonstrate a desperately tenacious grip on life.
The train shunted forward and back unbalancing the mouse and forcing him to grip my arm with his sharp claws to avoid falling to the floor.
The first is that it will be harder for the Tories to portray Labour as a party gripped by extremism.
Of all the things my caddie does, keeping my club grips clean and dry might be the most important.
When the crowd is gripped by greed, the newcomers jump in and load up on stocks.
The tidal wave of public spending has delivered some better roads, but it has not eased the gridlock that grips the capital city and, increasingly, tightens a noose around towns and cities around the country.
Try these outside the box techniques: close grip bench press floor bench press (elbows on the floor) pin press* board press* EveryJoe
The shoes have pretty good grip and are Gortex, so they should be pretty good in wet conditions.
If the car begins to fishtail, the back wheels have lost grip.
He gripped his rifle and tied it to his back, unhitching his long bowie knife.
Jack roughly broke her grip with a jerk of his wrist.

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