close grips

Example Sentences

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But when they got to close grips Rufus felt helpless.

From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)

He was headed for Ireland and close grips with the hated redcoats as fast as train and steamer could bear him.

From Kindred of the Dust by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

Within another hour the opposing forces were at close grips again, and the Federals, flushed with success and steadied by the regulars, seemed certain to succeed.

From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by Wood, William Charles Henry

He had a profound respect for the wisdom of simple people who lived at close grips with the realities of life.

From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay)

It is no part of his calling to come to close grips, though that often happens in the confined space in which he has to work.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert