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Definition of Gripped
1. grip [v] - See also: grip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gripped
Literary usage of Gripped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"Suddenly she gripped his arms round him, and elenchi her body stiff. " Never mind,"
he said. " You shall please yourself. " You shall have me," she said, ..."
2. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America by Seismological Society of America (1913)
"The disk (D) is held in a horizontal position, and is gripped at its extreme
outer edge. Through a perforation in the center of the disk just mentioned, ..."
3. An investigation into the elastic constants of rocks: more especially with by Frank Dawson Adams, Ernest George Coker (1906)
"... gripped by screws passing through a pair of collars, B, which are 1.25 inch
apart, to which latter metal rods, C, are attached. ..."
4. The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery (1921)
"... the band material will be forced against the stop lug 5 and finally gripped
tightly by the gripping lug, indenting the band material into the recess 7. ..."
5. The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions by Henrik Johan Bull (1896)
"gripped BY THE ICE.—BALLENY ISLANDS.— CHRISTMAS IN THE PACK. December 6.—We
advance rapidly southwards, with icebergs in all directions, although not in ..."
6. The New Death by Winifred Margaretta Kirkland (1918)
"Of the young French artist himself one may wonder whether any pictures by his
mature brush would ever have gripped the memory as do his pen-pictures of the ..."
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