seized upon

The Korean news services seized upon this news and accused China of stretching the length of the Great Wall like a rubber band.

My mind suddenly seized upon the notion that this was a Saturday the busiest day on the bridge and here we sat.

i might have fallen without a struggle for my life , had not a sudden disquietude seized upon me , and made me turn my head.

At the sight, fear seized upon Cheng Yuanzhi, and before he could defend himself, the great saber fell, cutting him in halves.

Improving weather was eagerly seized upon by the air forces to harass the enemy's line of communications between Africa and Italy.

She prepared for the talks very carefully, knowing that any chink in her armor would be seized upon.

This has been seized upon by Coca-Cola, which has compiled a montage of CCTV footage from around the globe for a new advert.

At the factory gate the mood is tense, a point seized upon by his political adversaries.

That person's features were seized upon by his mind.

In an earlier speech, Mr Gutierrez warned that intellectual property (IP) violations were being seized upon by US protectionist voices.

Reports of official corruption or abuses of power are regularly seized upon, creating memes that echo around the web.

Castresana seized upon a rule in CICIG'S charter that permitted the organization to petition local officials to punish unethical officials.

This argument has been seized upon by many European politicians as they seek to whip up enthusiasm for another go at the EU constitution.

The main idea of coordinate geometry was not eagerly seized upon by mathematicians for many reasons.

They seized upon the best of everything.

Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work our salvation.

Western governments seized upon this as further evidence that Tehran was in breach of United Nations obligations.

The plateau in temperatures has been seized upon by skeptics as evidence that the threat of global warming is overblown.

The dramatic scenes in Tripoli are already being seized upon by those keen to depose other despotic regimes.

But the Brown bail-out plan has been seized upon, not just in Britain - but around the world.

Martin Savidge there. So Atlanta leaders say they have seized upon one strategy that's used by snow-challenged cities in the north.

Opponents of action on global warming have seized upon Sir Partha's sally against Sir Nicholas.

Companies like McDonald's have seized upon this trend, as its "I'm Lovin' it" jingle is downloadable globally.

Amid the vacuum of information in China, any hint of bad news is likely to be seized upon.

The rigidity of death had seized upon him between those four planks.

A sensation, almost of faintness , had seized upon him.

Then a great wave seized upon him.

This idea was seized upon by Herman Weyl.

with his free hand he seized upon her fingers