Sentence examples for as it seizes from inspiring English sources

It makes a swift-footed bustling sprint of a metre or so and then comes to an abrupt halt, snout down in the short grass, posterior raised in the air, as it seizes whatever prey it has found.

Many Sunni rebels were recruited to Islamic State's ranks as it seized large swathes of Iraq, capitalising on growing tension between the Sunni minority and the Shia-led government.

She served as Rear Admiral Tatsuo Matsumura's flagship in the Second South Seas Squadron as it seized the German possessions of the Caroline and the Palau Islands in October 1914.

Following SOPA, for example, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) floundered through a series of misadventures as it seized the domain names of websites that were not, in fact, infringing IP rights.

The latter served as Rear Admiral Tatsuo Matsumura's flagship in the Second South Seas Squadron as it seized the German possessions of the Caroline and the Palau Islands in October 1914.

Its candidates have in the past been elected as mayors of a handful of medium-sized towns, but never has it clinched positions as powerful as those it seized on Sunday.

Maybe this little fly will die in the next minute but as long as it's flying, it seizes the day," she says.

By using captured German machine guns he was able to increase his section's fire and provide support to the company on his right as it advanced, seized, and consolidated its position.

The number of bank transactions assisted by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has slowed in recent months as well, as it has seized fewer failing institutions.

Rapp's warning follows a damning United Nations report on recent Rwandan military support for M23, an insurgent group that has driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes since April as it has seized territory in the eastern DRC.

His soul hovers near his body as it's seized by soldiers, trucked out to a clearing, and allowed to rot in a pile with other stiffened corpses.