takes hold of

A terrible confusion takes hold of me. I feel as if a gauzy black curtain were being pulled around me.

If the perception takes hold of a clampdown on foreign coverage of the disaster and its aftermath, China could start to lose sympathy.

To set the vehicle in motion, the driver climbs aboard, takes hold of the steering bar and connects the engine to the bicycle.

Peter stands behind her, takes hold of her foot and presses it carefully downwards.

No sporting event takes hold of the world 's attention like the Olympic Games .

Facts have eloquently proved that Mao Tse - tung's thought becomes a moral atom bomb of colossal power once it takes hold of the masses.

Gravity , the force that keeps your feet on the ground, takes hold of it.

You do this all the time whenever a powerful thought takes hold of you.

The other hand takes hold of that card and continues to slide it off the bottom card and onto the table.

A long braid of golden hair comes down the tower. The witch takes hold of the hair, and climbs up.

He takes hold of the axe and, in one deadly blow, cuts off the knight's head.

China-ASEAN Free Trade Area is the first FTA which P. R. China participates and takes hold of making decision.

The robot slowly reaches over and takes hold of the box, keeping it upright.

It keeps returning, and takes hold of us easily when we are inattentive or distracted.

Now I hear the music close my eyes, I am rhythm In a flash it takes hold of my heart