6 sentences with 'seizing'
Example sentences and phrases with the word seizing and other words derived from it.
• « Darius was also interested in seizing more territory to the west, conquering the remaining Greek colonies on the Anatolian coast. »
• « Alexander the Great's forces managed to conquer Persian territory bit by bit, seizing major fortresses and cities, seizing supplies and fighting off Persian counter-attacks; »
• « There are numerous accounts of rich landowners simply forcing small farmers off the land and seizing it; »
• « Heraclius began by seizing land from wealthy landowners and monasteries in Asia Minor, and then used the seized lands as a base for new territories from which to recruit soldiers. »
• « After seizing control of the caliphate, the Abbasids went on a series of concerted assassinations, trying to eliminate all possible Umayyad competitors, and only one member of the Umayyad leadership survived. »
• « None of the last crusades succeeded in seizing land in the Middle East, but they did inspire a relentless drive to overthrow and destroy the now century-old Muslim kingdom of Spain, as noted above, and also inspired the idea of the potential 'holiness' of warfare itself among Christians. »