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
Make a popular audience laugh, and you have a hold upon its attention.
From Denzil Quarrier by Gissing, George
It is true that I have a hold upon him; but then I am completely at his mercy.
From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile
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)
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
