When a mineral is seized upon by the living plant and elevated to the organic kingdom, no trespass against Nature is committed.
When the heart of a man, again, is seized upon by the quickening Spirit of God, no further violence is done to natural law.
The weakness of Egypt, however, came thus to be known to the crafty and powerful caliphs of Bagdad, and in a short time its Asiatic dominions were seized upon by Noureddin and Saladin.
He seized upon a part of Galicia and Leon, repulsed the Mussulman troops who were sent to oppose him, and rendered himself master of several towns.
This was the greatest opportunity of his life, and he seized upon it.
He seized upon that, ridiculing himself for having looked right over the most simple and natural explanation of all.
Now he seized uponthat as proving there was nothing the matter at all.
At the time that had been a mere conventional phrase, but now, in his exhilaration, he seized upon it as indisputable truth.
Every uncultivated spot on the lower levels has been eagerly seized upon as spaces where to bury the dead.
I ran out, seized upon my ruined doll, and came back to the house, crying over it in bitter grief.
All at once Fanny ceased barking, but crept close to me, seized upon my dress with her teeth and began to pull backward, almost tearing the fabric.
Upon his saying this, he named those that had such indignation; but the king ordered those men, with Tero himself and his son, to beseized upon immediately.
Hath any one been caught as he went out on this errand, or seized upon as he came back?
The clock at first gave him some trouble, until, pronouncing it to have a screw out of order, he seized upon one of my front teeth with a pair of pincers, and by a single wrench dissipated the delusion for ever.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "seized upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
