Crouching suddenly, he took hold of her broad ribbon sash, and buried his face in it.
She tried to slip past, but he took hold of her wrist.
A hansom-cab appeared, and a man in ragged clothes, who seemed to spring out of the pavement, took hold of her valise.
With a weak, despairing grasp he took hold of the rope which had been thrown toward him, and then became insensible.
The Englishman felt vexed, struck with his fist on the table, took hold of the tin can and emptied the drink with one draught.
When she had brought them near to him to eat, hetook hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.
Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?
I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
He saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
He took hold of the banister and mounted, stumbling, and kicking against each stair in his progress.
The belief that something was about to happen, something of tremendous personal importance, took hold of her imagination, stirred her deeply with a mingling of awe and joyous anticipation like nothing she had ever known before.
I took hold of it in my paw, and drank it, and thanked the King.
When he heard that he went over to the bull, took hold of the horn, twisted it, and it came away with him in his hand.
These words ended, he took hold of Chia Jui, and, extinguishing again the lantern, he brought him out into the court, feeling his way up to the bottom of the steps of the large terrace.
Pao-yü took hold of the decanter, while Ying Ch'un presented the cup of wine.
And the demented old totterer actually took hold of me with no less an idea in his head than that of chucking me out of the door and downstairs.
He took hold of Tussmann by the arm, and led him away.
An old woman, who went by the name of Phakir's mother, took hold of the drum, and declared her ability to cure the Rajah's son.
The king, imagining that the Suka had intended to take away his life, took hold of the bird and killed it.
He took hold of the rope, slipped over the edge of the shelf upon which they stood, and lowered himself down from buttress to ledge and projecting block, and stood the next minute inside the narrow crack.
When I got my little relay attached to the wire, you may imagine with what nervousness I took hold of the adjustment spring to feel for a signal from a distant rebel operator, probably in Richmond.
To satisfy him I took hold of a tin cup and allowed the boy to pour out a spoonful or two, intending to fill it up with water.
Thou Israel, My Servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, seed of Abraham My lover, whom I took hold of from the ends of the earth and its corners!
He took hold of an old brass key hanging at the end of a thin steel chain, and dragged out a very big old silver watch, looked at it, shook it, and held it to his ear, and then lowered it down once more into its particular pocket.
Lizzy took up a stick and was going to beat him, for she felt very angry; but she controlled herself, and throwing down the stick, took hold of Hero's collar and held him down till he became more quiet.
Jack chattered again, and then as Bruff barked he barked in no very bad imitation, while he took hold of a leaf and gave it a shake.
Jack uttered a chattering noise, took hold of the light nut, turned it over, and let it fall.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "took hold" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
