grips

Example Sentences

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Fundamentally, the city remains in the grips of a housing crisis affecting all of California.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

One called him as "highly intelligent" and "very good at quickly getting to grips with a problem".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Because, for veterans of modern warfare, the question isn’t how to come to grips with something that befell us in the manner of a natural disaster.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

He holds a bottle of ÁguaViva in one hand and grips the banister with the other.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman