Sentence examples for give grip from inspiring English sources

Building regulations stipulate that there be a visible strip running across the front edge to give grip and make each step individually visible.

David Arquette and Steve Buscemi give gripping performances as rebellious prisoners, but their characters remain frustratingly sketchy.

Along the way, he gives gripping performances of 14 piano works, from experimental pieces by Henry Cowell, John Cage and Conlon Nancarrow to new and recent pieces by Guido López Gavilán, Victoria Jordanova, Bernadette Speach and other colleagues of Mr. de Mare.

But you cannot get side air bags, which are available on most minivans, or a traction control to give extra grip in bad weather.

The men mixed horse manure with fresh dirt to give it grip and tossed the gooey lumps onto the lath.

This difference is likely due to the elastic properties of the monofilament suture that give more grip to the stretched portion within the knots as previously described[ 19].

The abrasive material will bite into the screw head, and give better grip for the screwdriver.

Grips are placed on the deck of your surfboard at the tail end to do exactly that.... give extra grip.

Mr. Bosworth added weight to the heads for greater control, elongated the grips and gave the grip edges more definition.

Mr. Kapuscinski does give us gripping capsule histories of the slaughters of Hutus by Tutsis and of Tutsis by Hutus in Rwanda.

Additionally, studies seeking to investigate the effects of resistance training for improved performance of flexor and extensor forearm muscles can be relevant for sustaining grip during Brazilian jiu-jitsu matches, given that grip power provides a more effective form of controlling the adversary.