Sentence examples for I to seize from inspiring English sources
Philistus helped Dionysius I to seize power in Syracuse in 405 bc and then became his right-hand man and commander of the citadel in Ortygia.
This is not a reproach — your three reviewers could hardly have picked up on the coincidence — but I felt I had to seize this opportunity to let the rest of "North America" (and the world) know that Quebec, often seen as a purely French cultural center, in fact harbors a thriving English-language literary community.
"We put it off and put it off until I finally said: 'Oh, this is ridiculous.' I told him that, for some reason, I had never thought I would live to old age and I wanted to seize this opportunity.
I realized that I might have another shot at learning, and I decided to seize it.
I knew this was the opportunity I had to seize.
No one is supposed to have a panic attack when making love, yet as soon as I felt a knuckle grazing my taint, I started to seize up.
"If I want to seize opportunities to advance my career," he said, "I must learn to speak English".
"I just see it as a massive opportunity and one I hope to seize and make the most of".
Why? "I've always wanted to live in Paris and learn French, so I decided to seize the day".
Having become increasingly unsettled by the perils of faction, I decided to seize the opportunity to stir up a debate on the subject when I was invited to give the 2011 Roy Jenkins lecture at the Royal Society of Literature.
