Examples of 'is gripped' in a sentence

Meaning of "is gripped"

Is gripped: This phrase indicates that someone or something is experiencing a strong or intense grip, both literally and figuratively. It implies a tight hold or a feeling of being captivated or deeply engrossed by something. This phrase is often used to describe a strong emotional or physical reaction to a situation, event, or story

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Eventually the land is gripped tight by frost.
A spring delays pivoting until a nut is gripped.
The nation is gripped by utter panic.
In some cases only one pipe is gripped.
The bar is gripped with a very wide grip.
International politics is gripped by fear.
The population is gripped in what seems to be a plague of depression.
He uses the technique each time he is gripped by anxiety or panic.
The assembly is gripped by the protective sealing sleeve.
On one hand basically the whole world is gripped by paranoid fear.
This man is gripped by the lizard.
The car drives very smoothly and feels as if it is gripped to the ground.
The city is gripped with malaria.
The holding element thus ensures that the collar is gripped firmly.
The reader is gripped to the end.

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Both shafts are arranged to advance together once the lancet piston is gripped.
The thread is gripped firmly by this kind of slot.
This is especially so at moments when society is gripped by upheaval and uncertainty.
Bolan is gripped with fear.
A length of foil extends beyond the rollers and is gripped by a folding device.
The world is gripped by a deadly plague.
The pipes are held in position while the sleeve is gripped by rotational equipment.
Holland is gripped by tulip mania.
Ensure that the bar on the pourer sieve q is gripped in the guide rail.
Humanity is gripped by an incurable disease.
The nation is gripped.
It is gripped around its periphery by the edges of the covers.
The electric wire is gripped by the right gripper.
They assist in sustaining spending power even as the private sector is gripped by recession.
The fastening portion is gripped by the right gripper.
He is gripped by a paralysing force.
The agricultural industry is gripped by uncertainty for the future.
This replaces the conventional rubber suckers as the mechanism by which the foil is gripped.
The belt is gripped between two corresponding pairs of rollers.
When the handle of the iron is gripped the lever is depressed.
London is gripped by the bloodiest outbreak of gang warfare ever seen.
This type of the actuator is gripped or thrust by hand or finger.
This desert herd is also desperate for water because Mali is gripped by drought.
Our nation is gripped by fear.
Furthermore, the container will become dirty where it is gripped.
My heart is gripped between my teeth.
When the pinch wheels are in contact the yarn is gripped and driven downward.
Venice is gripped by pestilence.
I want to remind our viewers that our country is gripped in the clutches of terrorism.
The parison is gripped by means of one arm of a mechanical handling robot.
A nation is gripped.
The country is gripped by an economic crisis and acute budget shortages.
Each end of the unstretched elastic member is gripped by one of the clamping members.
Each collar is gripped by clamping to the bearing surface of the piping.
The lower portion of the barrel portion is gripped by a lower end of the shell.

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Gripped the walker in defiance of the gust
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