Verb (used without object) : to seize on a rope. ,He must seize on a solution, however risky. ,The engine seized up from cold. From Dictionary.com.
Yet we all know that what the power women are seizing is no luxury. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Sharon Ufberg: Women in Their 50s Seize Their Power] Reference
Can one blame her in seizing on the ready-made card of Berlin for playing her hand?. From Wordnik.com. [The Berlin Crisis] Reference
"When you are connected, you feel a joy in seizing some aspect of the real world," Lyons says. From Wordnik.com. [John Seed: Mari Lyons: Every Object Rightly Seen] Reference
That would also include the feds coming in seizing and taking over the Medicaid programs relating to health care. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Nebraska’s Attorney General Suing To Stop Reform Is Clueless About Existing Federal Law] Reference
But the truth is that in seizing the ground of "Overnight shipments," you get the word "Shipment" into people's minds. From Wordnik.com. [The Ironic Thing Is, I Signed Up For A Panel On "LiveJournal As A Scheduling Tool"] Reference
The public option is this liberals first step in seizing control of our health care – anyone says otherwise is lying. From Wordnik.com. [Gibbs: For congressional Dems, public option 'a means to an end'] Reference
The tripling of your exports over the past three years repre - sents a remarkable achievement in seizing the opportunities which came with the lifting of sanctions. From Wordnik.com. [SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT A SCROLL-AWARDING CEREMONY FOLLOWING KWV'S 78TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING] Reference
Mr. Roebuck called attention to the conduct of Admiral Wilkes in seizing British vessels, and strongly commented upon the unwarrantable course of proceedings of that officer. From Wordnik.com. [Imperial Parliament] Reference
And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Obama ahead in polls.] Reference
Those which have claviculæ, or collar-bones, and thence use the forefeet as hands, as the monkey, squirrel, rat, are more ingenious in seizing their prey or escaping from danger. From Wordnik.com. [Canto III] Reference
I assume you mean 'seizing' - I don't see it that way though. From Wordnik.com. [Neowin.net News Feed for: All] Reference
One of the Krynn dragons gave Malys the idea of seizing Beryl's totem. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of A Vanished Moon]
It all comes back to the notion of seizing opportunity where you find it. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But I think best described as a seizing tactical opportunities as they occur. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2003] Reference
I recalled seizing the bowsprit rigging during my wild career among the sails. From Wordnik.com. [The Urth of the New Sun]
And to the mind, too, that conceived the idea of seizing and monopolizing it as a title. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science] Reference
NORRIS: Not just that - there's the notion of seizing an opportunity and making the most of it. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Jobs: Enterprise] Reference
They soon discarded the notion of seizing one of the chariots from their escort and riding away in it. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
Again in case you don't recognize it coming from a Dem, this is called seizing a political opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [Talking Points Memo] Reference
The cat got to know of this, and at once conceived the idea of seizing the bridegroom and making him render the necessary help. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Fairy Tales] Reference
Bagehot called a seizing up of internal markets "a domestic drain" (of gold), and the flight of capital abroad "an external drain.". From Wordnik.com. [Bagehot's Lessons for the Fed] Reference
Fortune has now kindly favoured me with one; and permit me, "again seizing my hand," permit me to use it in telling you that I adore you. ". From Wordnik.com. [Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World] Reference
But since "seizing" firms is on his list of things he must do, it certainly seems to be. From Wordnik.com. [Should the President be working harder?] Reference
But he criticised authorities for "seizing" private radio stations and arresting journalists. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
What you'll hear from President Obama is really kind of seizing an opportunity here and setting a new tone. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2009] Reference
Whilst in other insects the legs are used for all kinds of work, such as seizing prey, carrying it, climbing, digging, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
A lot of this goes on in Mexico, people doing things that are patently wrong or illegal, such as seizing land, with zero consequences. From Wordnik.com. [Son Hechos, No Palabras] Reference
In the fragmentary description of the contest with the bull, we find Enkidu "seizing" the monster by "its tail.". From Wordnik.com. [An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic] Reference
It's called seizing the initiative. From Wordnik.com. ["I am calling on the president to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress," says McCain.] Reference
Three years later Mugabe began seizing white-owned farms. From Wordnik.com. ['Nigeria Could Feed Africa'] Reference
But war will also continue to be about seizing ground, or defending it. From Wordnik.com. [War And The Second Sex] Reference
They saw Bob studying a map and approached, seizing the opportunity to practice their English. From Wordnik.com. [Traveling Blind] Reference
Turkey has threatened military action to stop the Kurds of northern Iraq from seizing the oil capital of Kirkuk. From Wordnik.com. [Perils Of Victory] Reference
Her critics have lately taken to comparing her to Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan strongman known for seizing oil companies. From Wordnik.com. [McCain’s Mrs. Right] Reference
London stole the march on Wall Street by seizing the highest-growth areas, like hedge funds, exotic derivatives, and the like. From Wordnik.com. [Forget the Great In Britain] Reference
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