be seized

Example Sentences

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However, district judge Anita Price heard the application was no longer being contested and she ordered his known assets be seized.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Among them, sanitation workers would have to give 24-hour notice and describe the property to be seized and the basis for the seizure.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

To watch peak Alcaraz is to be seized with the feeling that tennis has never been executed like this before—this charismatic cocktail of high performance, speed, endurance, power and joy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea such tankers can be seized as stateless vessels.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Yet at any moment she was liable to be seized by one of those curious fits of sleep, which might last for a few minutes or for hours.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry