Sentence examples for a secure hold from inspiring English sources

But, with the indestructible exceptions of the Barber of Seville and Cenerentola, few of them have a secure hold in the repertoire.

In exchange for the loss of political rights, Junkers had been confirmed in their social and fiscal privileges: with the full rigour of serfdom (Leibeigenschaft) and rights of jurisdiction over tenants went a secure hold over local government.

In his disorientation Mr. Hicks's Lear retains a secure hold on shapely language: the great moments in which Lear rails against the storm and, later, evinces a shocked, tender compassion for the world's wretched come across as tidy, meaningful speeches more than expressions of true revelation.

He says: "Only when facts and concepts are committed securely to the working memory, so that it is no effort to recall them and no effort is required to work things out from first principles, do we really have a secure hold on knowledge.

This style — magnet on the CD slot, metal disk in your phone case — allows for the easiest insertion, removal, and repositioning, and does not sacrifice a secure hold.

Such interactions are normally weak, but because there are millions of septulae on each of a gecko's toes, each tiny bristle adds a small grip, which together creates a secure hold.

The NATO anniversary summit meeting was still going on, and Mr. Clinton was in a secure holding room at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington preparing to address the closing session.

Silva should be capable of finding space against a Liverpool side lacking a secure holding midfielder, while Fernandinho is a good bet for tracking the runs of left-back Alberto Moreno.

Passengers are sometimes herded to a secure holding area, which functions like a penalty box in a hockey game.

Always hold the cat in an upright position against your body for a more secure hold.

Try rolling again until you have a more secure hold.