take by storm

Example Sentences

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And at the other end of the bridge the old Roman walls of London itself were far too strong for our force to take by storm.

From King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

I'll take by storm, then, my domestic bliss.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

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

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

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