GRIP in a Sentence
Learn GRIP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
117 example sentences for GRIP, such as:
1. He kept a tight grip on her arm.
2. Your grip on the bar is too slack.
3. She tightened her grip on his arm.
4. She was losing her grip on reality.
5. She tried to get a grip on the icy rock.
2. Your grip on the bar is too slack.
3. She tightened her grip on his arm.
4. She was losing her grip on reality.
5. She tried to get a grip on the icy rock.
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Meanings and Examples of GRIP
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grip
n. the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
n. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
Classic Sentence: (88 in 6 pages)
1 Somehow she found that she was sitting on the low velvet chair and Ashley, on the hassock at her feet, was holding both her hands in his, in a hard grip.
2 At the first touch of his lips on hers, her arms were about his neck in a strangling grip.
3 "No, Scarlett, no," he said in a low voice, holding her crossed wrists in a grip that hurt.
4 Prissy screamed at the top of her voice, more from fright than pain, and began to dance up and down, writhing to break Scarlett's grip.
5 Prissy broke into the room and, flying to Scarlett, clutched her arm in a grip that seemed to pinch out pieces of flesh.
6 Scarlett gave her a shove and loosened her grip.
7 With a tight grip on her he dragged her several paces away from the wagon.
8 Wade's fingers were in her skirt in a terrified grip.
9 Somewhere she flung off Wade's grip, slinging him against the wall.
10 He had her hands in both of his and, as always, there was something hot and vital and exciting about his grip.
11 He said quickly: "My God, Scarlett, you can't mean that you--" and his hands closed over hers in so hard a grip that it hurt.
12 He paused and looked down at the baby, putting out a finger for the child to grip.
13 "Hush," he said, disentangling her frantic grip and pulling a clean handkerchief from his pocket.
14 As he spoke, his light grip tightened on her hand and in his voice was the sad magic of old half-forgotten songs.
15 As though he read her mind, Rhett's hand closed upon her arm in a grip that would leave a bruise, the rough grip of a careless stranger.
Example Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1 She tightened her grip on his arm.
2 He kept a tight grip on her arm.
3 Your grip on the bar is too slack.
4 Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes.
5 The country is in the grip of a teenage crime wave.
6 Hold the microphone in a firm grip and keep it still.
7 The former dictator still keeps a tight grip on power.
8 She tried to disengage herself from his grip.
9 She was losing her grip on reality.
10 You need to keep a good grip on reality in this job.
11 She tried to get a grip on the icy rock.
12 They managed to strengthen their grip on the southern part of the country.
13 The pipeline is the first to directly link Kazakhstan's oil riches with the open sea and it decisively weakens Moscow's grip on Central Asia's oil reserves.
14 Through it all, he tries to cling to a trembling grip on reality, as love and pain coalesce into a shocking.
15 Brydon knew that in time the blood would seep down onto his sword hilt and make the grip slippery.