take by storm
Example Sentences
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Fortune—The aggregate ov possibilitys; a goddess whom cowards count by stealth, but whom brave men take by storm.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
These redoubts were about three hundred yards in front of the British garrison, and Washington decided after consultation that they were of sufficient importance to take by storm.
From Lafayette by Crow, Martha Foote
This modern Portia, after a preliminary survey of the premises which she was to take by storm, quickly determined upon a plan of action.
From John Marsh's Millions by Hornblow, Arthur
They arouse, even take by storm our imaginations and shake us out of our equanimity.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond
Aye, but now Take heed, my Chremes, lest ere you receive The maid from me, you lose her! for ’tis she, Whom now the Captain comes to take by storm.
From The Comedies of Terence by Colman, George
