have a hold upon
Example Sentences
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She was hesitating; the world did have a hold upon her.
From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins
“And because of that she will have a hold upon you while you live.”
From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert
It never occurred to me that he was lending me this money merely to have a hold upon me, and I thought it possible you might care for him.
From Hard Pressed by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)
The old man then treated them well, and she seemed to have a hold upon his affections.
From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by Maclean, John
By means of this we have a hold upon him which nothing can destroy unless he escape by death.
From Pauline's Passion and Punishment by Alcott, Louisa May
