take by storm
Example Sentences
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And at the other end of the bridge the old Roman walls of London itself were far too strong for our force to take by storm.
From King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
If Dorothea was a genuine Döderlein, she would march straight to her objective, and take by storm the good and useful things of life.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
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
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
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
