And so ends what we call the Prefatory part; and the time of Close Grips seems to be come!
They would go around and put their grips away in their room, wherever it is, and then they would say, "Can we sit here, Jesus?
Far different is it to spend night after night, regardless of weather or personal feelings, in coming to close grips with sin-sodden men and women, many of them the devil's refuse.
To-day we have lost our veneration for Latin and Greek as languages, we no longer deprecate an English work because it happens to be in English; nevertheless the tradition still grips us, especially if we happen to be Brahmanic.
What they all desired was to get into close grips with the Turks.
Both sides blazed away at one another with the rifle, through the trees and undergrowth, and frequently came into grips at the point of the bayonet.
When all were assembled each one was required to give the signs, grips and passwords of the Golden Circle, or the 'Sons of Liberty,' as the name had been changed within a few days from the Knights of the Golden Circle to the Sons of Liberty.
Dent, being one who had not before joined, with others took the obligation, and was then instructed in the signs, grips and passwords.
The passwords, signs and grips of the Golden Circle seemed to be all that any one needed in order to be at once recognized as a friend to those people.
Henry did not find the slightest difficulty in being recognized, as he had perfected himself in all the signs, grips and passwords of the order in his travels with Wintergreen.
And there is where bitterness grips the heart in a man when he sees what manner of ruin he has made.
He hears the pibroch, grips the red claymore, Runs with the Fiery Cross a clansman true, Sworn kinsman of Rob Roy and Roderick Dhu.
It grips you like some kinds of sinning; It twists you from foe to a friend; It seems it's been since the beginning; It seems it will be to the end.
This poor government was at grips with all kinds of perils, and the man who had shown his superiority under other difficult circumstances flinched beneath the weight of these.
There is a sight as fine and not less salutary than that of a virtuous man at gripswith adversity; it is the sight of a virtuous man at the head of a good cause and securing its triumph.
The peculiar handgrips at bow and stern are characteristic, though the shape and size of the grips vary among the villages; the style shown is that of St. Michaels.
The cross-grips were sometimes round, at other times they were merely worked off in an oval shape to fit the upper hand.
This view explains the fact why the two fleets have so seldom been at grips in the two years of war.
He grips the nearest available object, as a drowning man would clutch at a straw.
He grips with both hands as tight as he is able, shuts his eyes, and waits for the worst.
With all the speed he might he grips the wall, and now he was all but over it, when Cliges has come after, raises now his sword, and strikes him, so that beneath the knee he has cut off his leg as clean as a stalk of fennel.
He grips the wall and mounts up, for right strong and agile was he.
It had come at last, a cold hand which grips man and beast alike, certain and irremediable.
He took out two grips and stood aside to let a slight, distinguished-looking man pass him and go up the steps.
Some way or other they had got a new trunk and that and some old grips were all that went out.
Give me the grips and passwords," I demanded; "the secret work of the order may clear it up.
I sat down; partly because, when not aroused, I am of a submissive temperament; and partly because he had thrown the table and grips across the door.
Second--An automatic friction brake gripsfirmly and stops all motion silently.
Tottering as the deadly virus touched the tide of his fierce blood, and knowing that his life was numbered by seconds, the weasel yet sprang forward to die at death-grips with his foe.
Before he could come to close grips his opponent had disappeared into the depths of a thicket, and Nip decided to wait for the rest of the pack.
Is there any pleasure in feeling oneself at death-grips with the devil?
A coward grips sharply at first, and loosens his hand after a while, because his blood is soon hot and soon cold.
It grips us the more firmly as we use it to grip our children.
No one can remain crooked and broken in conscience and will who grips the hand of the Lord of Life.
The 6th Division and 19th Brigade to the south were constantly atgrips with the enemy.
The highest spirit pervaded all ranks, and the army with one accord longed to be at grips with the enemy.
Some one grips my arm, and I recognize "Southside" Johnny, the friendly prison runner.
It breathes the chill of death into the heart, and grips the soul with the terror of madness.
The desire gripsme to be one of them, to participate in their life.
Her hand grips my arm, and she steadies my faltering step.
The foul odor is stifling; it grips my throat with deathly hold.
Despair grips my heart, as I hesitatingly admit to myself the probable truth.
Were we to come to grips with Ilga for the victor's prize?
None touched him, and when the first tremors were over he was as eager as any of them to reach the crest of the mound, and come to grips with the enemy.
Ned, having full cause, hated this brutal man, and he hoped that the Texans would come togrips with him.
Eric grasps the rock and, stretching downward, grips her wrist; just as her hold loosens he grips it, and she swings loose, her weight hanging on his arm.
They got to grips with the Germans in double-quick time, and the howl of joy that went up told us that those chaps felt that they were paying the Germans back in full for the peppering they had got whilst waiting for orders.
No Love Lost It’s very little love indeed there is lost between us and the Germans, and when they get to grips with Irish soldiers they don’t get much chance of saving their skins.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "grips" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
