have a hold upon

Example Sentences

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They seemed to have a hold upon one and were as irresistible as those vague longings that come with the awakening of spring.

From When Dreams Come True by Berger, William Merritt

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

You undoubtedly have a hold upon him, Miss Amedroz, and I think that it is a great misfortune.

From The Belton Estate by Trollope, Anthony

She was hesitating; the world did have a hold upon her.

From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins

Already he claimed to have a hold upon it, and who had a better right than he to live there rent free?

From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold