take by storm
Example Sentences
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These redoubts were about three hundred yards in front of the British garrison, and Washington decided after consultation that they were of sufficient importance to take by storm.
From Lafayette by Crow, Martha Foote
On the 13th of January 946, Abū Yazīd shut up Qā’im’s forces in Susa which he began to besiege, and attempted to take by storm.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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
