be seized

Example Sentences

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The court has ruled the property will be seized and sold at auction to cover the debt.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Rosenzweig came to suspect that the “whole” can’t be seized in one grand idea—whether Reason, History or Nation—without turning the individual into collateral damage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 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

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