Examples of 'was gripped' in a sentence

Meaning of "was gripped"

was gripped: to be deeply affected or moved by something emotionally or mentally

How to use "was gripped" in a sentence

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was gripped
England was gripped by fears over juvenile delinquency.
My wife who sat next to me was gripped by fear.
I was gripped by this man and his story.
A sheaf of paper was gripped in the hands.
He was gripped with a great fear upon entering it.
All the rest of my body was gripped.
A short sword was gripped in in his right hand.
Jacob did not see him fall and was gripped by fear.
The club was gripped tightly in my hands.
In a matter of seconds his entire body froze as he was gripped by a powerful orgasm.
Europe was gripped by wild climate swings.
I looked at her and was gripped by fear.
Germany was gripped by a major banking crisis.
But as he reached there he was gripped by deep sorrow.
I was gripped for most of the book.

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My whole body was gripped by fear.
I was gripped by the story line and totally absorbed by it.
A smoking pistol was gripped in his right hand.
I was gripped and enthused by what he was saying.
The peeled layer in turn was gripped in the upper jaws.
Clarke was gripped by a condition called aphasia.
The world was gripped.
I was gripped to the last scene.
I know he was gripped.
Priestley was gripped by unlocking the elemental secrets of the airs.
Everyone was gripped.
I was gripped by great nervous tension.
This was before their little tribe was gripped by the cogs of the great war.
Bones was gripped by this speculation.
Look how small and close together the creases are where the bag was gripped.
Calcutta was gripped in a spell of panic.
It was three years ago My village was gripped by famine.
The army was gripped with horror and admiration.
So it came to pass that Ver Omesh was gripped by a great famine.
America was gripped with fear and foreboding.
So it came to pass that Veramesh was gripped by a great famine.
But he was gripped by inconsistency.
HUNDREDS of children were marauding between the tombstones and the city was gripped with terror.
The country was gripped with hysteria.
As far away as Perpignan and Barcelona the populace was gripped by panic.
Each specimen was gripped by two respective serrated jaws.
Seshayya Sastri became Dewan at a time when Travancore was gripped by political intrigues.
He was gripped with fear when he saw a group of angry.
There was a point at which things clicked and then I was gripped.
She was gripped by anxiety.
Literally from the moment the music started I was gripped and then astonished.
The whole audience was gripped with a sense of intense spiritual anxiety.
The Great Depression buried those plans as Poland and the world was gripped by hardship.
I was gripped by a strange spell.
New York City was gripped by fear.

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