Sentences with 'gripped'

Example sentences and phrases with the word gripped and other words derived from it.

« Then, a terrible pang gripped his chest. »
« As the Western powers opened diplomacy and then trade with the Japanese shogunate, a period of chaos gripped Japan as the centuries-old political order crumbled. »
« Zach was already dreaming when he was awakened by a sudden pain that gripped his face. He watched the trees rush past him as something dragged him by the head until he was about six feet from his sleeping bag. »
« A fervent belief in expansion gripped the United States in the 1840s. »
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