took hold In A Sentence

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• Once I found my groove, the story took hold of me and I was pulled along for the ride.
• These characters of Jared and Aleena, took hold of my heart and I fell completely in love with them.
• Disease took hold of Marceline.
• Most of it was unsuccessful, but in some places life took hold.
• His vision of family life as companionate, permissive, enjoyable and even fun took hold, and seemed the best way to achieve family happiness in a dawning age of freedom and prosperity.
• With Kibwetere as chief proselytizer, the cult took hold.
• Julia's story took hold and held me to the last word.
• But once again, it's not about slavery it's about the world in which slavery gradually took hold.
• The Reformation never took hold and science is verboten.
• This one took hold of me right from the beginning.
• It took hold of me and I just kept going.
• It appears that once the revolutionaries took hold of China, they had no idea what to do with it.
• When those sands did begin to shift, then another form of sycophancy took hold, as investors rushed for the exits like a mindless herd of thoughtless cattle.
• The rest was dodgy Chinese and Mexican but once a few of the drinks took hold it was ok.
• Logomania took hold, mainly in the crossed C hose and bootees.
• The presentation was beautiful and the aroma immediately took hold.
• They took hold of every single brother and promised them a handsome sum ( of money ) and a passable reward, but they still received a negative answer.
• I'm not a fan of murder and gore, but this thing took hold and wouldn't let go til I finished it.
• I took hold of it and felt its considerable weight.
• She relates how she took hold of the enemies' strongholds and changed the spiritual atmosphere.
• Gradually the plot grabbed me, hopefully it'll grab you sooner, and the genetics took hold.
• For me there was just too many leaps I had to make and my suspension of disbelief never took hold.
• Then the domino theory took hold.
• Witchling is a captivating story that took hold of me from the very beginning.
• The River took hold of my heart and has not let it go.
• I admired the way Emily Hainsworth took hold of the concept and wrapped it around Cam's story.
• It took a few moment to catch my attention, however once it took hold of me, I was hooked.
• Who knew Stockholm syndrome took hold so fast.
• Trent and Rowan felt like old friends and their story took hold of my heart and never let it go.
• This story took hold of my heart and didn't release it until the very end.
• With the advent of reusable shuttles, a myth of ordinariness took hold.
• Before this distortion took hold, I'd lost 30 pounds from frequent visits to the gym.
• The characters were funny and engaging and really took hold you and kept you interested.
• In the 1980s, as economic depression and the shortage economy took hold, poverty changed from afflicting the marginalized and the maladapted, to include those willing and able to work.
• Stiles has the best description I've read yet of the Jacksonian view and how that view took hold.
• An anti-doctor religion apparently took hold here in the 1920s.
• She took hold of the cinderella plot as if it was her idea all along and not merely a revision.
• The winter solstice was only three days away, and the urge to have a raucous good time among friends took hold.
• I think leadership failed, and personal agendas took hold.
• Domestic squabbling took hold of the band once more, and their tour was subsequently cancelled.
• Wexford took hold of his jacket roughly, pushing him so that his head jerked up.
• The plan never really took hold, did it.
• I held out my hand, and the terrible, soft-speaking, eyeless man took hold of it like a dog biting a bone. He pulled me violently towards him.
• People were discovering Islip and the tourist trade soon took hold.
• Ember is fighting to forget the one man that took hold of her soul.
• But gradually the collective system took hold and began to prosper.
• So I took hold of my nicely cut piece of briskit,with fat running through it.
• She heard his voice break as her magic took hold of him.
• It really felt like a slow build until the action took hold.
• Morality was viewed very differently before Christianity took hold.
• I really enjoyed how the multiple plots took hold and developed together coming to a good end.
• After the fall of the USSR, a certain idea took hold among the part of the American populace.
• Took hold go my imagination from the start and kept it throughout.
• But as the consumerist ethic took hold, buyers and sellers found it an ideal meeting place.
• Then the undertow took hold and raked him back out.
• He took hold of the face and jawbone and tried to restore a more normal appearance.
• It is no wonder that Buddhism never took hold in India.
• I was genuinely tense, even fearful, as the relationships among characters tangled and took hold.
• But amnesia about the event took hold in white culture and Colorado history.
• My emotions took hold of me without any effort.
• But the dry facts of the tale took hold and there the story expired.
• He mustered his last remaining strength, took hold of his left hand with his right, and reached the bushes.
• At night, it took hold of my subconscious and affected my dreams.
• While he never took hold on the North American charts, he has had a handful of top ten hits in Europe.
• Also in Europe, Art brut, and Lyrical Abstraction or Tachisme ( the European equivalent to Abstract expressionism ) took hold of the newest generation.
• The bristles took hold of my hair and keeps it taunt without snagging or tangling.
• Two of the doctors took hold of my right leg very gingerly and bent it.
• Wasn't sure I was going to like it at first but it soon took hold and I hurried through it.
• It is time that believers took hold of the gift God has given in order to enjoy Him.
• Once the stem cells took hold and grew on the scaffold, the tracheas could be transplanted into the patient without fear of rejection.
• Once Alex and Blaise took hold, they were pretty hot and heavy and miss Alex is quite the aggressor.
• Her story took hold of me and strangled the crap out of me and didn't let me go.
• Eventually rumors surfaced, and the deep rooted beliefs of the people took hold.
• However, once Gaullist propaganda took hold, with its message of escape from dishonour, the group fell in with it.
• It gave a great idea of where the other cities would be soon once the pills took hold.
• I took hold of her paw, and palpated a small, 3 mm tumor on the edge of one of her pads.
• It somehow took hold of my adolescent brain.
• He reached out his hand and took hold of the slip of paper.
• He said he fought her off, took hold of the bat, and hit her in the head, according to the document.
• The idea of healthy cat food took hold and that original recipe is now known as Halo's signature product, "Spot's Stew".
• Though this story took awhile to reach my heart, when it took hold it was captivating.
• Those inmost breathings which there found words took hold upon him.
• But the lesson learned was forgotten by the next generation, and the decline once again took hold.
• The story is so well written, it touched my heart and took hold of my soul.
• This story and their characters took hold of my heart.
• But the president soon took hold with his speech.
• When he took hold of his son on the jet ride home, I was almost in tears.
• As the story progressed, Jack's narration took hold of my entire mind and heart.
• The fire took hold, and was only contained by the opening of her seacocks in order to prevent the pier catching fire.
• Instead, the traditional method of feet and inches took hold.
• The process of cartelization began slowly, but the cartel movement took hold after 1873 in the economic depression that followed the postunification speculative bubble.
• As he was about to fall into the river, he took hold of the tree.
• Through Sinclair's masterful storytelling voice, comprehension took hold.
• However, the natural law governing committees soon took hold and progress was glacially slow.
• But as modernism took hold, artists began to react against the camera's precise realism by venturing into abstraction.
• The idea of unions balloting their members before taking industrial action took hold.
• Once the mystery took hold, in my opinion, the final few hundred pages flew by.
• The music took hold of her slowly.
• A certain utilitarian mindset took hold, and stayed.
• Then, the recession took hold.