seizing

Example Sentences

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Seizing on the 1996 welfare reform act, the Giuliani administration started an ambitious workfare program.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Seizing the opportunity, the researchers stopped at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and set up their equipment in a parking lot.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

Seizing 13 audiotapes from the compound, police found hours of Dederich ranting menacingly in his distinctive bombastic growl.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

Seizing property would take much longer but would eventually require a sheriff to put his properties up for public auction.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2024

Seizing a horn from a youngster near by, he blew three loud hoots.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien