grips

Example Sentences

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The EU has vowed to ensure Big Tech gets to grips with the many dangers online for children.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

She grips her stuffed animals when she’s nervous, which is often.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

Downtown Los Angeles could hit 101 degrees and Glendale may reach 104 degrees on Tuesday as a record-shattering March heat wave grips the region.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

The worker uncurls its claw-like fingers, daintily grips the basket by its edges and walks it over to a conveyor that will send it through an industrial washing machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

If you pull on the lever attached to the right of the winch assembly, one wheel grips and turns the axle, which lifts the weight.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton