The rope slackened, and securing a firm grip on the halter, the Texan edged slowly toward the door, the horse following with nervous, mincing steps, and nostrils aquiver.
This went on for about twenty minutes, when Henry Roberts came up just as the Coastguard was turning round, and getting a firm grip, pushed him savagely aft and over the vessel's quarter into the water.
As he spoke he took a firm grip of the nag's mane, and as it sprang off ran easily by its side, the docile beast making straight for home.
Nic felt his hand seized in a strong, firm grip, and followed as he was led, hesitating once, and showing a disposition to hang back, but it was only for a moment.
The next moment Marjorie Schuyler was taking a firm grip of Patsy's shoulders while she looked down with mock disapproval at the girl who reached barely to her shoulder.
Before she had finished the tinker had a firm grip of her arm.
And taking a firm gripof her memories, her wits, and her courage, she went down the hill.
I watched him," he continued to the man who held the lad in a firm grip in spite of his struggles to get away.
Sir Robert groaned as he stood there in the darkness, holding his son by his arms in a firm grip.
This form affords a firm grip to the hand, the end E being applied to the operator's shoulder.
Without a word--for no word was needed-their hands met in a firm grip.
It was the sturdy, outspoken exclamation of an honest English gentleman, and as the buccaneer heard it, Humphrey felt his hand seized in a firm grip, to be held for a few moments and then dropped.
Abel's heart thumped against his ribs as he obeyed, taking Bart's hand first in a firm grip, and then feeling a short iron bar thrust between his fingers.
It was hardly ten seconds after Merritt told them to keep a firm grip on the bridles of their horses that the boys on looking back saw the bridge suddenly rear itself in the air.
He immediately took a firm grip of the dangling coat-sleeve, and commenced to wriggle the best he knew how.
Illustration: He immediately took a firm grip--and commenced to wriggle the best he knew how.
Others, in order to obtain this "firm grip," smear the stock of their pistol over with wet modelling clay, take a grip of it and then have a plaster cast made of their finger prints in this clay and get a stock cast from this.
Some men have special stocks made so that they "can get a firm grip.
The absolute essentials are to have the right arm, shoulder, and neck free, and a firm grip of the ground with the feet.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "firm grip" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
