have a hold upon
Example Sentences
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Make a popular audience laugh, and you have a hold upon its attention.
From Denzil Quarrier by Gissing, George
"Rather out of a desire to have a hold upon the Duke," replied Wilton.
From The King's Highway by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
That is true," he said, with a sigh, "but they have a hold upon me.
From Amos Kilbright; His Adscititious Experiences by Stockton, Frank Richard
“And because of that she will have a hold upon you while you live.”
From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert
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
