in the grip of

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in the grip of something

controlled by something The country was in the grip of a continuing and deep depression. She sways and stomps and even cries when she's in the grip of her music-making.

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I was as much of a stranger as the most hopeless castaway stumbling in the dark upon a hut of natives and finding them in the grip of some situation appertaining to the mentalities, prejudices, and problems of an undiscovered country - of a country of which he had not even had one single clear glimpse before. The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context She knew that Leslie was in the grip of a hideous dread--a dread that wrapped her away from all little glimpses of happiness and hours of pleasure. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context She found Avonlea in the grip of such an early, cold, and stormy winter as even the "oldest inhabitant" could not recall. Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context			in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the cross hairs in the dark in the dead of night in the dead of the night in the doghouse in the doldrums in the drink in the driver's seat in the dumps in the end in the event of in the eyes of in the eyes of the law in the face of in the family in the family way in the fast lane in the final analysis in the first place in the first place and in the first instance in the flesh in the fullness of time in the grand scheme of things in the grip of in the groove in the gutter in the hands of in the heat of in the heat of the moment in the hole in the hopper in the hot seat in the house in the interest of in the interest of saving time in the interim in the know in the lap of luxury in the laundry in the light of in the line of duty in the line of fire in the long run in the long term in the loop in the main in the mainstream in the making in the market			in the firing line in the first instance in the first instance in the first instance in the first place in the first place in the first place in the first place in the first place and in the first instance in the flesh in the flesh in the flesh in the flesh in the flesh in the forefront in the fullness of time in the fulness of time in the fulness of time in the fulness of time in the Future In the Garden Ministries In the Garden Software in the general time frame in the good graces of in the good graces of in the good graces of In the Grand Manner in the grand scheme of things In the Gravest Extreme in the great scheme of things in the grip of in the groove in the groove in the groove in the groove in the groove In the Groove (disambiguation) In the gross In the Growing Places in the gutter in the habit in the habit of in the hands of In the Hands of Civil Authority in the hands of receivers In the Hands of the Fishers in the heat of in the heat of in the heat of the moment in the hole in the hole in the hole in the hole in the hole in the hole in the hopper In the Hot Seat In the House in the immediate vicinity of in the interest in the interest

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