Sentence examples for fierce hold from inspiring English sources

And that is the fierce hold that Joseph also has over Ms. Edelman's readers.

It was not until 1975, long after we had seen Earth from space, that a whale was first photographed under water; no wonder the creature exercised such a fierce hold over the minds of men.

The author of "The Anxiety of Influence" (1973), Mr. Bloom is perhaps best known for his Freudian theory of poetic influence, which suggests that writers are shaped by their Oedipal struggle to free themselves from the legacy of their literary forefathers, and this volume underscores what a fierce hold this theory still exerts over his critical imagination.

There is also a painting by André Fougeron, Return from the Market (1953), which shows his wife looking fierce, holding a loaf of bread.

And, once these emotions take hold, they can have a fierce grip.

He is an intense writer, whose short novels take fierce satiric hold of a fictional concept and squeeze and squeeze.

Would Mr. Goldin, a fierce infighter, hold onto the job, even after a group of trustees had given him a last-minute vote of no confidence?

Ronda struggled to break the fierce grip, tried to pull her hands away, but the girl just held tighter.

But as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he was the church's fierce defender, holding an office that called on all his mettle.

Mr. Bennet is in a fierce battle to hold his seat.

This huge setback for Gabriel Resources' is the latest in a string of events spanning over 14 years, which has seen NGOs and some sections of civil society in Romania take on a fierce battle to hold to account the government and the company's plans for the proposed project.