Sentence examples for be seized with a from inspiring English sources
What she probably didn't foresee was that China's famously studious youth would also be seized with a bad, or rather a very healthy, case of adolescent infatuation.
Sometimes I would grow bored and put the notebook away; then, after a few days or weeks had passed, I would be seized with a desire to learn more.
It is unlikely that the authors expected private papers ever to be among the "things" that could be seized with a warrant, for, only a few years earlier, in 1765, Lord Camden had delivered his famous opinion denying that any magistrate had power to authorize the seizure of private papers.
The common themes in the histories of Marc Jacobs, Ms. Wintour, Gucci Westman and Mario Testino are that hard work and persistence lead to opportunities to be seized — with a caveat, of course, that it'll be a lot harder than that for anyone else.
The great problem of assimilating these peoples of many tongues and foreign customs and notions, and making them good and useful American citizens, was worked out and... the whole world now appeared to be seized with a yearning to visit and ultimately make a home in or near the magic city.
The global ruling class is seized with a toxic combination of status-obsession and status-insecurity.
She is seized with a gust of grief, as, gradually, is the whole congregation.
"Our next selection," I began, "is John Ad–" and I was seized with a violent coughing fit.
That nigh he was seized with a creative spirit, & he sat down and wrote a poem he called "Flea Lament".
