Examples of 'was in the grip' in a sentence
Meaning of "was in the grip"
was in the grip - This phrase describes being under the control or influence of something, often something negative or powerful. It suggests being tightly held or affected by a particular situation or condition
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was in the grip
Japan was in the grip of numerous civil wars.
By performance time that evening the city was in the grip of the storm.
I was in the grip of an evil that is beyond comprehension.
It was like he was in the grip of something.
I was in the grip of the idea that Everything is particles.
Ten years ago Canada was in the grip of a fiscal crisis.
He was in the grip of malevolent spiritual forces.
Just over a generation ago the world was in the grip of AIDS hysteria.
Europe was in the grip of an economic depression.
Khodorkovsky claimed that Petukhov was in the grip of Chechen gangsters.
She was in the grip of the drug.
At once, the colonial capital was in the grip of extensive rioting.
I was in the grip of a kind of euphoria.
Ireland at this time was in the grip of the Penal Laws.
He was in the grip of the greatest fear he had ever known.
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The constable said he was in the grip of some … rapture.
I was in the grip of despair.
Everything is smooth as planned… He was in the grip.
Levine says she was in the grip of this organization.
Was in the grip of a sort of UFO tractor beam?
Keith Richards was in the grip of heroin addiction.
Her body was already violated by the < absinthium >, she was in the grip of death.
Indonesia was in the grip of political turbulence.
At that time, the land of Canaan was in the grip of famine.
Cambodia was in the grip of violence.
My sickness, I would wear that . When I was in the grip of my.
He was in the grip of alcoholism.
When I stood here 5 years ago, our country was in the grip of an economic crisis.
He was in the grip of poverty.
When I graduated, the UK was in the grip of recession.
Israel was in the grip of Roman rule and the people longed for a Deliverer.
Like Russia today, South Africa was in the grip of an HIV epidemic.
He was in the grip.
He was 24, newly married, and the country was in the grip of an all-out war.
Deanna was in the grip of two Maquis.
Some sort of madness… oh, i was in the grip of some sort of… hatred.
I was in the grip of something I could not control.
On the other hand, Paris was in the grip of the Reign of Terror.
He was in the grip of a terrible depression of spirit, an utter desolation of mind.
The United States, meanwhile, was in the grip of the so-called crack era.
I was in the grip of something I could not control . You know that.
Yesterday I was in the grip of ennui.
I was in the grip of something I could not control . I think you know that.
By the early 2140s the world was in the grip of a severe economic crisis.
While I was in the grip of said headache.
In 1991 the city of Philadelphia was in the grip of a measles epidemic.
Spain was in the grip of historic, convulsive change.
It was autumn 1995 and France was in the grip of a series of general strikes.
He knew he was in the grip of the unforgivable sin, despair.
By the early 1990s the Black Sea was in the grip of an extreme environmental crisis.
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