take by storm
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Vand scorned such Fabian tactics, and did her best to take by storm the position she felt that her wealth and personality deserved.
From The Solitary Farm by Hume, Fergus
Meanwhile the Mahdi, having failed to take by storm, laid siege to El Obeid, the chief town of Kordofan.
From The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan by Churchill, Winston
And he realized with a pang that he, impudent in his libertinism, had entertained with a light heart the light hope in some audacious way to take by storm the love of this unknown woman.
From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
They arouse, even take by storm our imaginations and shake us out of our equanimity.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond
This modern Portia, after a preliminary survey of the premises which she was to take by storm, quickly determined upon a plan of action.
From John Marsh's Millions by Hornblow, Arthur
