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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 More results

? References in classic literature

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

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